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I cannot find a firm origin for this saying. Evidently people once believed that the nervous sensation might be caused by something you had eaten.
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Is the phrase butterflies in your stomach a idiom or a metaphor?
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Can you give a sample sentence using the idiom butterflies in my stomach?
"I'm so nervous about tonight i have 'Butterflies in my stomach'."
What are 'butterflies in your stomach'?
It's an idiom meaning that you feel nervous, because when you're nervous it feels like something in your stomach is fluttering or twisting.
When I think about my crush ill have butterflies in my stomach Will he have butterflies in his stomach?
He will if he likes you back
How do you use butterflies in your stomach in a sentence?
I was about to ask her to marry me, and I felt butterflies in my stomach.
Do butterflies in your stomach have anything to do with your stomach?
It does have to do with the feeling you get in your stomach when you get nervous, excited or you when you are in love. it really has nothing to do with butterflies.
Is you have butterflies in your stomach a metaphor?
yes in a way because you don't actually have butterflies in your stomach
Is you have butterflies in your stomach personification?
no
What is the origin of the idiom chew your cud?
Origin: In the 1500's, a lot of people owned cows and sheep. These are animals that chew their cuds (food that is spit up from the stomach to the mouth and chewed again). It is a long process.
What is the origin of the idiom out on a limb?
To be exposed
What is the origin of the idiom 'eat at'?
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What is the origin for the idiom dancing up a storm?
Origin "up a storm"
