flutter over someone or something

flutter over someone or something
flutter over someone or something
to fly or flap above someone or something. (Also said of a person being fussy about someone or something.) •

The little moths fluttered over us while we were in the garden.

The birds flutter over the fountain, eager for a bath.


Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.

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