have butterflies in one's stomach

have butterflies in one's stomach

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have butterflies in one's stomach (third-person singular simple present has butterflies in one's stomach, present participle having butterflies in one's stomach, simple past and past participle had butterflies in one's stomach)

1. To experience a certain “fluttery” physical sensation in a person's stomach, associated with nervousness, uncertainty, anxiety, apprehension, or excitement.

   Kevin had butterflies in his stomach every time he saw Chrissy.

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Catalan: tenir papallones a la panxa Chinese: Mandarin: 忐忑不安 (zh) (tǎntèbù'ān), 七上八下 (zh) (qīshàngbāxià), (lovestruck) 小鹿亂撞, 小鹿乱撞 (xiǎolùluànzhuàng) Danish: have sommerfugle i maven Dutch: vlinders in de buik hebben Finnish: olla perhosia vatsassa French: avoir des papillons dans le ventre German: Schmetterlinge im Bauch haben (de), Hummeln im Hintern haben (coll.) Hebrew: פרפרים בבטן‎ Hungarian: a torkában dobog a szíve, ideges (hu), izgul (hu), aggódik (hu) Italian: avere le farfalle nello stomaco Japanese: 胃がきりきりする (いがきりきりする, i ga kiri-kiri suru) Norwegian: ha sommerfugler i magen (no) Polish: mieć motylki w brzuchu impf Portuguese: ter (um) frio na barriga, estar com (um) frio na barriga Russian: име́ть мандра́ж impf (imétʹ mandráž) Spanish: tener mariposas en el estómago Swedish: ha fjärilar i magen (sv) Turkish: diken üstünde oturmak (tr) Ukrainian: відчувати хвилювання (vidčuvaty xvyljuvannja)