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
MarcMAHRHK (French)French, Catalan, Welsh
Loviatar-Finnish Mythology
Stian-Norwegian
SheilaSHEE-ləIrish, English
WiltWILTEnglish
Thamar-Biblical Greek, Biblical Latin