Butterflies in one's stomach
Idiom / PhraseSSC PYQ × 4Meaning
Feel nervous
हिंदी अर्थ
दिल धक-धक करना
Example sentences
He had butterflies in his stomach for fifteen minutes.
Butterflies in the stomach are normal and worth expecting.
Daily use: Pet mein butterflies thi.
इन Exams में पूछा गयाAsked in
SSC MTS 2019
Memory trick · Prashant Sir
Exam या stage show से पहले पेट में हल्की फड़फड़ाहट होती है, जैसे अंदर तितलियाँ उड़ रही हों। Butterflies in one's stomach = nervous या घबराया हुआ महसूस करना।
Before an exam or a stage show, the stomach feels a light fluttering, as if butterflies were flying inside it. So to have butterflies in one's stomach is to feel nervous.
Exam note
Meaning 'feel nervous' है। Related option: get cold feet (हिम्मत हारना); opposite words: composed, poise।
The meaning is 'to feel nervous'. Related options are 'get cold feet' (lose courage); the opposite words are composed and poise.