tremble with

tremble with (something)

To experience some intense emotion or condition, such as excitement, anticipation, anxiety, or fear, that causes one to shake or feel giddy. The children trembled with fear as the bear approached them in the woods. I trembled with excitement at the thought of having my own car.
See also: tremble
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

tremble with something

to tremble because of something. The children trembled with fear during the storm. David trembled with rage when he saw his slashed tires.
See also: tremble
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
See also:
  • tremble with (something)
  • tremble at
  • tremble at (something)
  • quiver with
  • quiver with (something)
  • get the jitters
  • get/have the jitters
  • choked with emotion
  • feel sick at heart
  • buck fever
References in classic literature
God willed, no doubt, to open to this elect the treasures of eternal beatitude, at this hour when other men tremble with the idea of being severely received by the Lord, and cling to this life they know, in the dread of the other life of which they get but merest glimpses by the dismal murky torch of death.
The Man in the Iron Mask
Soon my own dogs will tremble with fear as fireworks explode.
Destruction of dogs 'appalling'
Soon my own dogs, and countless others, will tremble with fear as fireworks explode.
APPALLED AT DOG DEATHS
Plunged into this fire were demons and souls of human form, like transparent burning embers, all blackened or burnished bronze, floating about in this conflagration with shrieks and groans of pain and despair, which horrified us and made us tremble with fear."
From Mary Berscheid re "a litmus test"