butterflies in one's stomach

Fluttering sensations caused by a feeling of nervous anticipation. For example, I always get butterflies in my stomach before making a speech. This term likens a nervous feeling to that resulting from swallowing live butterflies that fly about inside one. [c. 1900]

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Waldomar	-	Ancient Germanic
Piritta	PEE-reet-tah	Finnish
Ilsa	IL-sah	German
Westbrook	['westbruk]
Djuro	-	Serbian
Thabo	-	Southern African, Tswana