- be quaking in boots
- be quaking in (your) boots
to be very frightened or anxious.
My first teacher had one of those deep, booming voices that had you quaking in your boots.
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be quaking in boots
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quake — quake1 [kweık] v [: Old English; Origin: cwacian] 1.) to shake or tremble, usually because you are very frightened quake with fear/fright/anger etc ▪ Richmond was quaking with fury. 2.) quake in your boots [i]informal to feel very afraid used… … Dictionary of contemporary English
