B2idiomemotionsIELTS-friendly
a knot in your stomach
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a tight, sick feeling in your body caused by worry or fear
Also plural: 'knots in my stomach'. It is close to 'butterflies in your stomach' but more negative.
In context
I felt a knot in my stomach as I opened the envelope.
Every Sunday evening he gets a knot in his stomach thinking about Monday's meeting.
More idioms about emotions
- a bitter pill to swallowan unpleasant fact or situation that is hard to accept
- a bundle of nervesvery nervous and worried
- a chip on your shouldera lasting anger because you feel you were treated unfairly in the past
- a lump in your throata tight feeling in your throat because you are so moved that you might cry
- a sight for sore eyessomeone or something you are very happy to see