shake like a leaf

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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)

(simile, idiomatic) To tremble, as with fear, cold, etc.; shiver

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)

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