pit of stomach



pit of one's stomach

Fig. the middle of one's stomach; the location of a "visceral response." I got a strange feeling in the pit of my stomach when they told me the bad news.
See also: of, pit, stomach

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Madalenamə-də-LE-nəPortuguese
Verethragna-Persian Mythology
Rada-Russian, Bulgarian, Macedonian, Serbian
Sergejsyer-GYAY (Russian), seer-GYAY (Russian)Russian, Bulgarian
Ignacioeeg-NAH-thyo (Spanish), eeg-NAH-syo (Latin American Spanish)Spanish
RenÁTaRE-nah-taw (Hungarian)Hungarian, Czech, Slovak