case of the jitters
case of the jitters
A temporary state of nervous anxiety or anticipation. Marty: "Are you ready to deliver your speech?" Anthony: "Yeah. I've got a bad case of the jitters though!" I have a song that I hum to myself to when I've got a case of the jitters before big competitions, and it really does help! It's perfectly normal to have a case of the jitters before you have to go onstage.
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