shake\ in\ one's\ boots

shake\ in\ one's\ boots
• shake in one's shoes
• shake in one's boots
v. phr. informal
To be very much afraid.

The robber shook in his boots when the police knocked on his door.


Словарь американских идиом. — СПб., Изд-во "Лань". . 1997.

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