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have butterflies in your stomach

have butterflies in your stomach

Date: Oct 08 2009

Themes: Romance

Quote

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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

2. Use - Learn how the slang is used.

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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?

Examples

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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

1. Winners - See who guessed the slang definition correctly.

VOLTS It´s characterized by the physical sensation of a "fluttery" or "tickling" feeling in the stomach.
by VOLTSSuper Member!
Sezai 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
ciberd7 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.
Curli It is a feeling of being excited
by Curli
omegatrack It´s the feelig experienced when you are in love or kind of nervous.
by omegatrack
natis693 having butterflies in your stomach is when you think or talk about that special one you are with in a relationship.
by natis693
_Sasha_ 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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Ray81191837

China

Winkso good

12:37 PM Oct 08 2009 |

nofeta

nofeta

Saudi Arabia

i like to feel a butterflies in my stomach especially when i see some one i love Embarassed

12:28 PM Oct 08 2009 |

noguti

noguti

Brazil

nice expression… have butterflies in your stomach… :)

12:24 PM Oct 08 2009 |

Maxstone

China

good

12:06 PM Oct 08 2009 |

SÉRGIO

SÉRGIO

Brazil

having butterflies in the stomach! how funny!!

11:44 AM Oct 08 2009 |

cabdijabaar alqaliij

Somalia

no i have never seen that but if i ask you aquestion is that is atrue or false becouse no one to believe that only the qadar of Allah only ..

11:42 AM Oct 08 2009 |

cabdijabaar alqaliij

Somalia

sister may be that is olso true ….

11:36 AM Oct 08 2009 |

islam123

Bangladesh

 yes I understand.

 

11:26 AM Oct 08 2009 |

destiny007

destiny007

China

also refer to /////

09:53 AM Oct 08 2009 |

bingbing 2

bingbing 2

China

i dont think its  a good feeling

09:40 AM Oct 08 2009 |

Eleniya

Eleniya

Russian Federation

It is a wonderful feeling to have butterflies in a stomach… It comes very seldom to me last years…

07:50 AM Oct 08 2009 |

germaine881111

China

Kiss

06:41 AM Oct 08 2009 |

ble sky

Jordan

i get butterflies all the time ,because i get nervous all the time and i realy dont like that feeling ,it makes me look stupid when iam talking to aguy iam avery shy person.Tongue outTongue out

06:32 AM Oct 08 2009 |

Daliana

Daliana

China

i don't know whether i can use the sentence  "have butterflies in my stomach" or not to express the feeling when i am watching F1 racing. The last time i felt nervous and excited was F1 spa Grand Prix. Kimi won his first championship in 2009.

05:44 AM Oct 08 2009 |

Siripunya

Siripunya

Thailand

Hi.  My  name  Ching.  nice  to  meet  you.

05:38 AM Oct 08 2009 |

Santi977

Santi977

Ecuador

I have butterflies allways. My life is all of butterflies, When im next of someone intersting, when im starving, when I think in the next football mach,.....

05:26 AM Oct 08 2009 |

fedorame

fedorame

China

I often get butterflies in my stomach,such as before an exam,to give a speech in front of tons of people,to return to college after a long vacation ,etc.OK ,I don't have a strong heart.I kown that. 

05:08 AM Oct 08 2009 |

miquoso

miquoso

China

how to explain the stomach in this sentence? thankeyou

02:48 AM Oct 08 2009 |

np36Super Member!

Thailand

Hi,

     How are you?  I am wondering what this sentence means " Then Brad and Ange started having one kid after another, while Jennifer went through one break-up after another." I don't understand what another in this sentence represent. Thank you very much.

02:22 AM Oct 08 2009 |

julywidiawati

Indonesia

the last time I got butterflies in my stomach was two years ago, and I can't wait to get that feeling again for another…

01:44 AM Oct 08 2009 |

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