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Butterflies in your stomach

Posted by David FG on December 04, 2007

In Reply to: Butterflies in your stomach posted by Nikki on December 03, 2007

: What is the origin to 'butterflies in your stomach'?

I would imagine that the sensation gets its name from the fact that the fluttering sensation feels like one has some sort of small flying animal in there - and butterflies are as good a choice as any for the culprit.

DFG

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