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.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Achebe	['a:tʃeibei]
Carlyle	KAHR-liel	English
Theophilus	thee-AHF-ə-ləs (English)	Biblical, Ancient Greek (Latinized)
Sabahudin	-	Bosnian
Steiner	['stainə]
Taylor	TAY-lər	English