We might be said to choke on our success.
We literally choke on the consequences of unplanned development and poor resource management every day.
"It's important that tightening of credit does not choke off small businesses and microfinance institutions," says Zoellick.
Now remember, you were given powerful pain medications and a muscle relaxer. So, uh, don't operate heavy machinery. And try not to choke on your own drool.
Smaller Asian navies are expanding as a counterbalance to the big powers, and they have an interest in keeping hands off the choke-point of the Malacca Strait.
When governments do that... they impose costs on households, they impose costs on businesses, they choke off markets and they get the exact opposite effect of what they want.
They began to choke up in the last innings.
Power supergrid plan to protect Europe from Russian threat to choke off energy
“I choke on too much detail, ” Mr Wood despairs, “and find that a distinctly post-Flaubertian tradition fetishizes it.”
Markets could choke on the extra bond sales required to finance huge deficits, driving interest rates up and worsening the downturn.
Too much pudding will choke dog.
Be aware that the infant will cough, sputter, and choke during feedings.
Complicated pages or pages with hidden agendas can cause the search engine to choke and may result in the search engine not indexing the site.
Now they're doing what industrialists do best - finding choke points.
A leaking choke line has added delay to tests designed to make sure the well can tolerate the pressures engendered by a firm seal on the top.
Do bathroom cleaners need to be so harsh that the fumes make me choke?
Such algae blooms, which can choke other forms of aquatic life, have grown increasingly apparent in lakes and coastal waters recent years as a result of excessive use of agricultural chemicals.
The smoke was beginning to billow into the room now - yellow, acrid fumes that made Elizabeth choke.
Under pressure, when worries co-opt these resources, high-powered folks don't have all the brain power they normally have to perform at a high level, and thus they choke.
