shake like a leaf

English

Pronunciation

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Verb

shake like a leaf (third-person singular simple present shakes like a leaf, present participle shaking like a leaf, simple past shook like a leaf, past participle shaken like a leaf)

1. (simile, idiomatic) To tremble, as with fear, cold, etc.; to shiver.
   • 2008, Etan Cohen, Eric Darnell, Tom McGrath, directed by Eric Darnell, Tom McGrath, Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa‎^[1], spoken by Skipper (Tom McGrath), DreamWorks Animation:

     My goodness, doll, you're shaking like a leaf. Rico! You've had your fun, pull up.

Translations

to tremble

• Basque: hosto bat bezala ikaratu
• Czech: chvět se jako osika
• Dutch: beven als een espenblad, trillen als een espenblad
• Finnish: vapista kuin haavanlehti
• French: trembler comme une feuille (fr)
• German: wie Espenlaub zittern (de)
• Hungarian: reszket, mint a nyárfalevél
• Italian: tremare come una foglia
• Polish: trząść się jak osika (pl)
• Portuguese: tremer como vara verde (literally “shake like a green twig”)
• Spanish: temblar como un flan
• Swedish: darra som ett asplöv (sv), skälva som ett asplöv (sv)
• Walloon: tronner come ene foye (wa)