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
Gianpaolojahn-POW-loItalian
PeregrinePER-ə-grin, PER-ə-greenEnglish (Rare)
Rohit-Indian, Hindi, Marathi, Bengali, Odia, Gujarati, Kannada, Telugu, Nepali
Pratap-Indian, Hindi, Marathi
Arabinda-Bengali, Indian, Odia
Settimio-Italian