"one's heart in one's mouth" meaning in English

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          "text": "I rang the doorbell and waited with my heart in my mouth."
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        "(idiomatic) A state of dread."
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          "sense": "to be very scared (idiom)",
          "word": "提心吊膽"
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          "roman": "tíxīndiàodǎn",
          "sense": "to be very scared (idiom)",
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          "sense": "to be very scared (idiom)",
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          "english": "the soul is gone to the heels",
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          "roman": "dušá v pjátki ušlá",
          "sense": "to be very scared (idiom)",
          "word": "душа́ в пя́тки ушла́"
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          "english": "to have the heart in a fist",
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      "sense": "to be very scared (idiom)",
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