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单词 to have butterflies
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to have butterflies (in the stomach)
b. figurative. In plural. A fluttering sensation felt, esp. in the stomach, as a result of nervousness or apprehensive excitement. Frequently in to have butterflies (in the stomach).
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the mind > emotion > fear > physical symptoms of fear > [noun] > disordered state of stomach
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1908 F. Converse House of Prayer iv. 43 The three o'clock train going down the valley..gave him a sad feeling, as if he had a butterfly in his stomach.]
1940 Oakland (Calif.) Tribune 20 July d16/2 The blond giant admits he has butterflies in his stomach as he contemplates the adventure.
1942 N.Y. Times Mag. 25 Oct. 31/3 It seems everybody had as many butterflies as I did, and the same heart-sinking feeling.
1955 J. Cannan Long Shadows viii. 132 With butterflies in her stomach..she ascended the pretentious flight of dirty marble steps.
1958 Woman 20 Sept. 69/3 I still have ‘butterflies’ even now when I hear the Tiger Moth plane throttling back, which is my signal to prepare for the jump.
1977 Galesburg (Illinois) Register-Mail 23 Dec. 9/1 I get butterflies just thinking about telling mom and dad.
1996 Y. Martel Self 195 He was older, twenty-two, in fourth year, politics, loved Bergman, Buñuel and Cocteau, and I felt butterflies in my stomach when I thought about him in a certain way.
2011 T. Ronald Becoming Nancy (2012) ii. 37 I suddenly had butterflies, and felt slightly clammy. What the hell was happening?
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