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词汇 weak-at-the-knees
释义

weak at the knees


idiom
If you go weak at the knees, you lose your strength and feel you are going to fall over, usually because of seeing or talking about either someone you are very attracted to or because of something unpleasant or frightening: (通常指因看到或谈到非常喜欢的人或让人害怕的事而)膝盖发软的,腿发软的
The thought of kissing him made me go weak at the knees.吻他的念头让我膝盖发软。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Weakness and vulnerability
Achilles heel
asthenia
at a low ebbidiom
atonic
atony
fragile
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frail
glass jaw
helpless
shakily
shakiness
shaky
sitting duck
sitting target
weakling
weakly
weakness
weedy
wetly

Examples of weak at the knees


weak at the knees
They have gone weakattheknees at the thought of having to stand up for something.
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Other gas tests, he says, left him nauseous, dizzy and weakattheknees.
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