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
Panos	-	Greek
Kokoro	ko-ko-ṙo	Japanese
Schumacher	['ʃu:ma:kɜ:]
Deepti	-	Indian, Hindi, Marathi, Kannada
Poghos	-	Armenian
Faris	-	Arabic, Bosnian