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.
See also:
  • 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