butterflies in stomach
butterflies in (one's) stomach
A feeling of nervousness. The butterflies in my stomach almost kept me from going on stage and performing.
See also: butterfly, stomach
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
*butterflies in one's stomach
a nervous feeling in one's stomach. (*Typically: get ~; have ~; give someone~.) Whenever I have to speak in public, I get butterflies in my stomach. She always has butterflies in her stomach before a test. It was not frightening enough to give me butterflies in my stomach, but it made me a little apprehensive.
See also: butterfly, stomach
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
- butterflies in (one's) stomach
- butterflies in one's stomach
- butterflies in your stomach
- get butterflies in (one's) stomach
- get/have butterflies
- (one's) stomach is in knots
- food baby
- settle (one's) stomach
- settle stomach
- berp