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.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Petri	PET-ree (Finnish)	Finnish, Basque
&Aelig;Lred	-	Anglo-Saxon
Selene	sə-LEE-nee (English)	Greek Mythology, Greek
Ishmael	ISH-may-əl (English), ISH-mee-əl (English)	Biblical
Mihkel	-	Estonian
Lois	['ləuis]