shake like a leaf



shake like a leaf

to shake a lot because you are nervous or frightened (usually in continuous tenses) I saw her just before her talk and she was shaking like a leaf.
See rock to its foundations
See also: leaf, like, shake

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
SaulĖ-Lithuanian, Baltic Mythology
Yuukoyoo:-koJapanese
Adalbertoah-dahl-BER-to (Italian, Spanish), ə-dəl-BER-too (Portuguese)Italian, Spanish, Portuguese
Agaue-Greek Mythology
Eindri&Eth;I-Ancient Scandinavian
Makena-Eastern African, Kikuyu