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.

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Alexandria	al-əg-ZAN-dree-ə	English
Sibylle	zi-BUY-lə (German)	German, French
Roosevelt	['rəuzəvelt]
Hro&Eth;Ulf	-	Anglo-Saxon
Gijs	KHIES	Dutch
Emperatriz	em-pe-rah-TREETH (Spanish), em-pe-rah-TREES (Latin American Spanish)	Spanish