in fear and trembling



in fear and trembling

Cliché with anxiety or fear; with dread. In fear and trembling, I went into the room to take the test. The witness left the courtroom in fear and trembling.
See also: and, fear, tremble

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Mircea-Romanian
Gross[grəus]
ClioKLEE-o (Italian)Greek Mythology (Latinized), Italian
Zoran-Croatian, Serbian, Slovene, Macedonian
Elian-Dutch
Fionola-Irish, Scottish