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

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
StormSTORM (English)English (Modern), Danish, Norwegian
Dickinson['dikinsən]
TaimiTIE-meeFinnish
Rohit-Indian, Hindi, Marathi, Bengali, Odia, Gujarati, Kannada, Telugu, Nepali
Firouzeh-Persian
AndriesAHN-dreesDutch