TODAY'S IDIOM: WEAK AT THE KNEES

"WEAK AT THE KNEES"

If you go weak at the knees, you feel an emotion so strongly that it makes you feel unstable on your feet. 

Example: When he looked at me and smiled, I felt weak at the knees. He was the most beautiful man I'd ever seen!

Temblaron las piernas.

Example sentences:

• Just thinking about getting up in front of a thousand people makes me weak at the knees. It's terrifying! / Sólo de pensar en estar frente a millones de personas hace que me tiemblen las piernas. Es aterrador! 

• Carlos gasped and went weak at the knees when he realised he had lost his passport, money and credit cards / Carlos se quedó sin aliento y le temblaron las piernas cuando se dió cuenta de que había perdido su pasaporte, dinero y la tarjeta de crédito.

Additional examples:

• The very thought of jumping out of an aircraft with a parachute made him go weak at the knees.

• He was so gorgeous, I felt weak at the knees every time he spoke to me.

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