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
Leutgard	-	Ancient Germanic
Merton	MUR-tən	English
Stine	-	Danish, Norwegian
FabiÁN	-	Spanish
Ivanka	-	Bulgarian, Czech, Slovak, Serbian, Croatian, Slovene
Umukoro	-	Western African, Urhobo