Idiom
quake in one's boots
Meaning
To be very frightened, scared, or nervous.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“The small dog made the cat quake in its boots.”
“When the boss called me into his office for an unexpected meeting, I was quaking in my boots.”
“Facing the stern judge after his serious mistake, the young lawyer stood before the bench and began to quake in his boots.”
Examples
simple
“The small dog made the cat quake in its boots.”
contextual
“When the boss called me into his office for an unexpected meeting, I was quaking in my boots.”
complex
“Facing the stern judge after his serious mistake, the young lawyer stood before the bench and began to quake in his boots.”
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