Have you ever had butterflies in your stomach?

Today’s English
April 1st, 2017

We are scared at several situations, aren’t we? Exam result frightens a sincere student in the same way delivery day does the parents. Whenever you are nervous, scared or restless about something, you have butterflies in your stomach.
1. She was waiting for her turn outside the interview room and had butterflies in her stomach. (=she was nervous)
2. I was looking for my exam result with butterflies in my stomach.
3. Why do you have butterflies in your stomach? What’s wrong with you?

There is another beautiful expression in English – “cat on hot bricks” that also refers to a person who is extremely nervous and restless. 

1. She was called upon to present the welcome address and she felt like a cat on hot bricks.
2. He’s often a cat on hot bricks. Why did you choose him for our group?
3. Driving test for getting licence makes everyone a cat on hot bricks.

Shakespeare has rightly said in “Julius Caesar”,
“Cowards die many times before their deaths;
The valiant never taste of death but once. “ .
If we realise this, you know,  we will have no butterflies in our stomach.