Meaning of one's heart in one's mouth | Babel Free

Definitions

A state of nervousness.

idiomatic

Equivalents

Examples

“I rang the doorbell and waited with my heart in my mouth.”

“I had my heart in my mouth while I waited for news of my son.”

“Winger Cheslin Kolbe, sitting with his jersey over his head in the sin after a yellow card at the death, was probably the sight of millions of South Africans around the country who had their hearts in their mouth as they sat through another nail-biting match.”

“There was a last-ditch quality to England’s defending and when Pierre-Emile Højbjerg shaped a curler for the far corner in the 85th minute, England’s hearts were in their mouths. The shot was off target.”

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