heart skips a beat



your heart skips a beat

also your heart stands still
you are suddenly surprised, excited, or frightened Ben walked into the room and her heart skipped a beat. When the shark came toward us, my heart stood still.
See also: beat, heart, skip

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Suzana-Croatian, Serbian, Slovene, Macedonian, Portuguese (Brazilian)
KaisaKIE-sah (Finnish)Finnish, Estonian
Ablitt['æblit]
Haggith-Biblical
Kern[kə:n]
Theresete-RE-zə (German), te-RES (Swedish), tə-REES (English)German, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, English