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
Gershon	GUR-shahn (English)	Biblical, Biblical Hebrew
Marijeta	-	Croatian
Vincenza	veen-CHEN-tsah	Italian
Seals	[si:lz]
Ted	[ted]
Etele	-	Hungarian (Rare)