butterflies in your stomach
Word Type: Idiom
Definition
a feeling of being very nervous or frightened about something.
Example
- “She had butterflies in her stomach before her first job interview.”
- “He felt butterflies in his stomach as he waited to go on stage.”
- “Getting up to speak in front of the large crowd gave her butterflies in her stomach.”
- “Even after years of experience, he still gets butterflies in his stomach before an important presentation.”
- “There were butterflies in her stomach as she awaited the results of the competition.”