shake in (one's) shoes
shake in (one's) shoes
To be very nervous or afraid, often visibly so. That poor kid is shaking in his shoes up there on stage. I may seem confident when I'm leading a training seminar, but I'm really shaking in my shoes most of the time.
See also: shake, shoe
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
shake (or quake) in your shoes (or boots)
tremble with apprehension.See also: shake, shoe
Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary
- shake in your shoes
- (one's) knees are shaking
- be shaking in (one's) shoes
- be shaking in (one's) boots
- put a brave face on (something)
- put a brave face on something
- dead-end kid
- your knees are knocking
- your/somebody's knees are knocking
- (one's) knees are knocking