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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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nickyfat

China

Well, I kinda knew this term before I came here, but it was a Chinese vetsion but I guess they the same. I have the same feeling whenever I meet someone I really like and want to be together with. It is amazing to have such kind of feeling because it makes you know you're still have the passion for love and that makes you feel so alive and it makes you full of hope! Anyway, love is important to everyone, then, one day I will really have butterflies in my stomach when the right one shows up! I am looking forward to it!

mahguob

Egypt

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muhannd3533

Jordan

Hiii!!

IF I have …..... I would …..

evelyn_BR

Brazil

the last time that I felt it was the last friday.. I had a driving test!! I was trembling of nervous.. it has never happened to me before (in a test)! unfortunatelly I remembered that I had butterflies in my stomach about someone that didn't feel the same about me. I liked this lesson!!^^

Meyra

Turkey

I love it!!

mahabah

Yemen

for me i have butterflies in my stomach when i found my girlfriend in ukraine because i love the ukrain ladies!!!!!

廖慧倫

Taiwan

is saituble is feeling ! !

waittingyou

China

it is great!i like it!thanks!

nour_2

Syrian Arab Republic

WOW cooooooooooool meaning

angela_

Greece

it's been a long time ago!and i really miss that feeling.the feeling that you want everyday and everywhere to meet your love and the heartbeat when you meet him. <3