be shaking like a leaf

To be trembling violently with fear or nervousness. Sometimes used figuratively. I was shaking like a leaf when I went up to deliver my speech in front of all those people.

be shaking like a leaf

COMMON If someone is shaking like a leaf, their body is shaking a lot, usually because they are very frightened. Note: The `leaf' in the last two expressions is a page of a book. I didn't think about the danger at the time. Afterwards I was shaking like a leaf.

词组	be shaking like a leaf
释义	be shaking like a leaf be shaking like a leaf To be trembling violently with fear or nervousness. Sometimes used figuratively. I was shaking like a leaf when I went up to deliver my speech in front of all those people. See also: leaf, like, shake Farlex Dictionary of Idioms. be shaking like a leaf COMMON If someone is shaking like a leaf, their body is shaking a lot, usually because they are very frightened. Note: The `leaf' in the last two expressions is a page of a book. I didn't think about the danger at the time. Afterwards I was shaking like a leaf. See also: leaf, like, shake Collins COBUILD Idioms Dictionary, 3rd ed. See also: be (flat) on (one's) back flat on (one's) back flat on back flat on one's back in reach hold the stage keester keyster
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