a queasy feeling, as from nervousness, excitement, etc
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have butterflies in your stomach
Examples of 'butterflies' in a sentence
butterflies
They swarmed through like an endless flight of bright butterflies forced through a garden gate.
Garth Nix LIRAEL: DAUGHTER OF THE CLAYR (2002)
My tears immediately stopped and my stomach grew cold, my butterflies fluttering with full force.
Andrews, Virginia WEB OF DREAMS (2002)
All related terms of 'butterflies'
butterfly
A butterfly is an insect with large colourful wings and a thin body.
butterfly wedge
a wooden fastening in the form of a double dovetail for joining two boards at their edges
sea butterfly
any small marine gastropod mollusc of the group or order Pteropoda, in which the foot is expanded into two winglike lobes for swimming and the shell is absent or thin-walled
butterflies in your stomach
If you have butterflies in your stomach or have butterflies , you are very nervous or excited about something.
cabbage butterfly
a common white butterfly ( Pieris rapae ) whose green larvae feed upon cabbage and related plants
comma butterfly
an orange-brown European vanessid butterfly , Polygonia c-album, with a white comma-shaped mark on the underside of each hind wing
emperor butterfly
any of several brush-footed butterflies of the family Nymphalidae, usually having brilliantly colored wings
monarch butterfly
a large, deep-orange butterfly , Danaus plexippus , having black and white markings , the larvae of which feed on the leaves of milkweed
peacock butterfly
a European nymphalid butterfly , Inachis io , having reddish-brown wings each marked with a purple eyespot
have butterflies in your stomach
to feel very nervous about something that you have to do
brimstone butterfly
a common yellow butterfly , Gonepteryx rhamni , of N temperate regions of the Old World : family Pieridae
swallowtail butterfly
any of various butterflies of the genus Papilio and related genera, esp P. machaon of Europe, having a tail-like extension of each hind wing: family Papilionidae
tortoiseshell butterfly
any of several nymphalid butterflies of the genus Nymphalis, and related genera, having orange-brown wings with black markings
red admiral butterfly
a nymphalid butterfly , Vanessa atalanta , of temperate Europe and Asia, having black wings with red and white markings
pteropod
any small marine gastropod mollusc of the group or order Pteropoda, in which the foot is expanded into two winglike lobes for swimming and the shell is absent or thin-walled
sulfur
a pale-yellow, nonmetallic chemical element found in crystalline or amorphous form: it burns with a blue flame and a stifling odor and is used in vulcanizing rubber and in making matches , paper, gunpowder , insecticides , sulfuric acid, etc.: symbol, S; at. no., 16
zebra
A zebra is an African wild horse which has black and white stripes.