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have butterflies in your stomach

Date: Oct 08 2009

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

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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
	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_
	having butterflies in your stomach is when you think or talk about that special one you are with in a relationship. by natis693
	It´s the feelig experienced when you are in love or kind of nervous. by omegatrack
	It is a feeling of being excited by Curli
	The effect of having butterflies in someone's stomach means to feel excited by monacovalentina
	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
	being nervous or excited by Mr.Bean's wife
	to have butterflies in his own stomach means to feel excited and nervous for some reasons by monacovalentina
	feeling very nervous or quivery by Sezai
	If you have butterflies in your stomach, you are hyped and nervous about something. by Guada. A.H.

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Marcelo Brazil

Brazil

When i have to make a composition in english i have butterflies in my stomach

soufian_01

United Kingdom

i don't know this feeling because i didn't full in love :$ anyway thanks :):D

shinasia

Oman

good to know heheheh

rachaeita

Bangladesh

When I have to express my feelings in english, i get butterflies in my stomach

mardyyang

China

when seeing a girl face to face !especially you got feeling from her.

gtodo

Peru

It is when you feel ans think about something in a way that your thoughts are not totally under control and you can behave in a clumsy way when this emotion is happening

loyalist12

Australia

feeling of good or bad of having butterflies in your stomach is depend on

the situation u ar in . so' some time i like it and some time i dont.

Palasta

Poland

I Love this feeling so so so much ;) The most amazing experience ever ;)pitty, it doesnt happend offen :(

zeinabou

Egypt

Having butterflies in my stomach is not a comfortable feeling at all.It could happens before an exam or meeting your lover for the first time:}means when you worry about something ..

Tamarow

Ukraine

Luckily it's my permanent state, since I'm very emotional person with terrible swings of mood, so I'm apt to having a litter of kittens. But it is my husband, who inspires me most, giving the feeling of passion and affection, and of course butterflies in my stomach

tony tanjung perak

Indonesia

i ever have butterflies in my stomach when i was chosed my couple

swimfun

Morocco

to feel very nervous, usually about something you are going to do

my subversive mind

Brazil

I love this sensation :)

yoyo_1988sweety@hotmail.com

Egypt

how can i be a super member?

friendly_

Turkey

leonora qerreti

Albania

good lesson

p.s i have butterflies in my stomach before the bascetboll playing, before doing somthing that is very important for me .thank you

mim_dica

India

many people have butterflies in their stomach while doing doing something important work and its the natural phenomena of of human beings its common nothing is special about it ,i too had butter flies when i was having the exam .

reeze

Uzbekistan

I had butterflies in my stomach before entrance exams. yeah, I was so nervous then, didn't see anybody around me, just thought about exams, my stomach was full of thinkings…

Diana14

Poland

in one way it's a sign which helps u get that u're fallin in love for someone..this feelin meets lots people..second way can mean u're so stressed out before an important thing like exacly exam,test,wedding or even before date it happens too xD