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have butterflies in your stomach

Date: Oct 08 2009

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“I love that feeling of being in love, the effect of having butterflies in your stomach when you wake up in the morning.”

- Jennifer Aniston talks relationships. (Entertainment Weekly)

Definition

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feel nervous and excited

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Jennifer Aniston hasn’t been very lucky in love. First she and Brad Pitt got divorced, and he got together with Angelina Jolie. Then Brad and Ange started having one kid after another, while Jennifer went through one break-up after another. But she hasn’t given up on love yet. And she loves the feeling of being in love, which she says is like having butterflies in your stomach.

Wait, what? Saying you have butterflies in your stomach is just one way to describe the nervous excitement you feel when you’re falling in love. It’s often accompanied by sweaty palms and a racing heart. It’s both a good and a bad feeling, because it’s not entirely comfortable, but it lets you know that you’re really falling for someone.

You can also say you have butterflies in your stomach if you’re feeling nervous about something. People often get butterflies in their stomachs before an important event, like a performance, a big exam, or a long trip.

When was the last time you got butterflies in your stomach?

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“On the day of my wedding, I had butterflies in my stomach.”

“James always gets butterflies in his stomach before his basketball games. “

“If you have butterflies in your stomach, you should take a deep breath and try to think calm thoughts.”

Winners

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	It´s characterized by the physical sensation of a "fluttery" or "tickling" feeling in the stomach. by VOLTS
	feeling very nervous or quivery by Sezai
	to have butterflies in his own stomach means to feel excited and nervous for some reasons by monacovalentina
	being nervous or excited by Mr.Bean's wife
	to feel like you´re dislocated and anxious about something that may happen, like when you´re waiting for starting a new study but you´re expecting to meet new friends. by ciberd7
	If you have butterflies in your stomach, you are hyped and nervous about something. by Guada. A.H.
	It is a feeling of being excited by Curli
	It´s the feelig experienced when you are in love or kind of nervous. by omegatrack
	having butterflies in your stomach is when you think or talk about that special one you are with in a relationship. by natis693
	Butterflies in the stomach is a plеasant, palpitating fееling of languor in the stomach (usually during love sickness); or a feeling of nervous fear, uncertainty or anxiety bеforе somе important event by _Sasha_
	The effect of having butterflies in someone's stomach means to feel excited by monacovalentina

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nurlisa.misran

Malaysia

I always have a feeling of butterflies in my stomach everytime before i meet my boyfriend.

Vina Novalina

Indonesia

I had this feeling, butterflies in my stomach on the day of my direct exam when i had to sit in front of my four lectures and answer all the questions their gave about my minithesis huh, felt like wanna runaway from the room and leave the lectures alone hehhehe :P

FFang

China

I always feel like to poo-poo when i had butterflies in my stomach.

Ryo

Saudi Arabia

but its not on the stomach it is in heart

but nervous sometimkes its about stomache

Jodikl

France

I have butterflies in my stomach when I meet news native English speakers.

moody2004

Saudi Arabia

i have butterfly when i get married

tidaa

Saudi Arabia

ih i hope for u nice day

nuna2300

Thailand

Now I have butterflies in my stomach, because i fall in love with my boyfriend from Turkey.

english amateur

Syrian Arab Republic

i have butterflies in my stomach when i want to date a beatiful girl , and especially ,when we do not reach to a decisive point supposed to bridge the gap between our viewpoints ….

gilbert2191

Peru

oh i feel this alot with one special person:D

Siripunya

Thailand

hello I'm new

sravanjampani

India

I have butterflies in my stomach lot of times, whenever i first meet a group of unknown people, asked me to give a presentation…........

latif32080

Iran, Islamic Republic Of

i have butterfly in my stomach while i’m thinking about missing my parents,i dont want them to die.

alyadina

Andorra

I miss that feeling..

Marcelolic

Brazil

Hahaha this sensation is amazing when comes from a good thing! hehe Now when that sensation cames from a bad thing it is awful! for example,when you do something wrong and you know you will be punished for it,so you begin to suffer for antecipation! hahaha :P

mickee85

Philippines

Last saturday when me and my friend went to visit my family, we accidentally hit the child and bring her to the hospital bleeding. I felt like having a butterflies in my stomach as I watched her lifeless. That was the terrible challenged I have ever met and I learned a lot.