shake in boots



shake in one's boots

 and quake in one's boots
Fig. to be afraid; to shake from fear. I was shaking in my boots because I had to go see the manager for being late. Stop quaking in your boots, Bob. I'm not going to fire you.
See also: boot, shake

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Yilmazyil-MAHZTurkish
Malle-Medieval English
Abiramə-BIE-rəm (English)Biblical
Marjeta-Slovene
Iser-Yiddish
Babetteba-BETFrench