He came in fear and trembling to tell his father he had a bad report card.
Словарь американских идиом. — СПб., Изд-во "Лань". Оригинал: A.Маккей, М.Т.Боткер, Дж.И.Гейтс. 1997.
fear\ and\ trembling — • fear and trembling • fear and trepidation n. phr. Great fear. He came in fear and trembling to tell his father he had a bad report card … Словарь американских идиом
fear and trembling — or[fear and trepidation] {n. phr.} Great fear. * /He came in fear and trembling to tell his father he had a bad report card./ … Dictionary of American idioms
fear and trembling — or[fear and trepidation] {n. phr.} Great fear. * /He came in fear and trembling to tell his father he had a bad report card./ … Dictionary of American idioms
fear — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun ADJECTIVE ▪ big, deep, deep seated, genuine, great, intense, overwhelming, pure, real, terrible … Collocations dictionary
fear — /fear/, n. 1. a distressing emotion aroused by impending danger, evil, pain, etc., whether the threat is real or imagined; the feeling or condition of being afraid. 2. a specific instance of or propensity for such a feeling: an abnormal fear of… … Universalium
fear — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Anticipation of misfortune Nouns 1. fear, fearfulness, phobia; timidity, timorousness, diffidence; solicitude, anxiety, worry, care, apprehension; apprehensiveness, misgiving, mistrust, doubt, suspicion … English dictionary for students
trepidation — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. quaking, trembling; alarm, fear, agitation, perturbation, dread, dismay. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [Quaking] Syn. tremor, quivering, shaking, agitation, panic. 2. [Dread] Syn. shock, alarm, terror; see… … English dictionary for students
Fear — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Fear >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 fear fear timidity diffidence want of confidence Sgm: N 1 apprehensiveness apprehensiveness fearfulness &c. >Adj. Sgm: N 1 solicitude solicitude anxiety care … English dictionary for students
trepidation — Synonyms and related words: agitation, alarm, apprehensiveness, attack of nerves, bluster, bobbery, boil, boiling, brouhaha, buck fever, bustle, case of nerves, chills of fear, churn, cold creeps, cold shivers, cold sweat, commotion,… … Moby Thesaurus
fear — n 1. dread, fright, Inf. funk, fearfulness; terror, horror, panic; alarm, perturbation, dismay, consternation, trepidation; apprehension, misgiving, uncertainty, suspicion, mistrust, distrust, qualm; worry, disquiet, disquietude, solicitude,… … A Note on the Style of the synonym finder
