Ben walked into the room and her heart skipped a beat.
New idioms dictionary. 2014.
heart misses a beat — If your heart misses a beat, you are suddenly shocked or surprised. ( Heart skips a beat is an alternative) … The small dictionary of idiomes
heart misses a beat — If your heart misses a beat, you are suddenly shocked or surprised. ( Heart skips a beat is an alternative) (Dorking School Dictionary) … English Idioms & idiomatic expressions
someone's heart misses a beat — (someone s) heart misses/skips a beat if someone s heart misses a beat, they suddenly feel so excited or frightened that their heart beats faster. Ben walked into the room and her heart skipped a beat … New idioms dictionary
somebody's heart misses a beat — sb s heart misses a ˈbeat idiom used to say that sb has a sudden feeling of fear, excitement, etc. • My heart missed a beat when I saw who it was. Main entry: ↑heartidiom … Useful english dictionary
heart skips a beat — (someone s) heart misses/skips a beat if someone s heart misses a beat, they suddenly feel so excited or frightened that their heart beats faster. Ben walked into the room and her heart skipped a beat … New idioms dictionary
someone's heart skips a beat — (someone s) heart misses/skips a beat if someone s heart misses a beat, they suddenly feel so excited or frightened that their heart beats faster. Ben walked into the room and her heart skipped a beat … New idioms dictionary
heart that misses a beat — heart that skips a beat, heart that beats irregularly … English contemporary dictionary
beat — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun 1 rhythm ADJECTIVE ▪ regular, rhythmic, steady ▪ pounding ▪ disco, funky, hip hop, techno … Collocations dictionary
heart — W1S1 [ha:t US ha:rt] n ↑artery, ↑brain, ↑fatty, ↑tissue, ↑heart, ↑kidney, ↑intestine, ↑intestine2, ↑small, ↑large, ↑liver, ↑lung, ↑muscles, ↑stoma … Dictionary of contemporary English
beat — [[t]bi͟ːt[/t]] ♦ beats, beating, beaten (The form beat is used in the present tense and is the past tense.) 1) VERB If you beat someone or something, you hit them very hard. [V n] My wife tried to stop them and they beat her... [V n to n] They… … English dictionary
