heart misses a beat

somebody's heart misses/skips a beat

if someone's heart misses a beat, they suddenly feel so excited or frightened that their heart beats faster Ben walked into the room and her heart skipped a beat.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Bat-Sheva	-	Biblical Hebrew
Adele	AH-de-lə (German), ə-DEL (English), AH-de-le (Finnish)	German, English, Italian, Finnish
Jazlyn	JAZ-lin	English (Modern)
ŞUle	-	Turkish
Lionel	['laiənl]
Sree	-	Indian, Telugu, Tamil