knock knees together



knock one's knees together

Fig. [for one's knees] to shake together from fright. I stood there freezing for ten minutes, knocking my knees together in the cold. It takes a lot of energy to knock your knees together.
See also: knee, knock, together

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Irinaee-REE-nah (Russian), EE-ree-nah (Finnish)Russian, Bulgarian, Macedonian, Romanian, Finnish, Georgian
Royal['rɔiəl]
Angeronaan-jə-RON-ə (English)Roman Mythology
Olav-Norwegian, Danish
Grigorigree-GO-reeRussian
Oinone-Greek Mythology