Glossary entry (derived from question below)
English term or phrase:
give oneself a shake
English answer:
shake body
English term
give oneself a shake
Please explain that give oneself a shake is "physical" movement like shake her head? I searched the idiom, it is defined as "To be shocked or surprised to see what just happened" But it seems not fit the context,
Please you guys help me
| 4 +7 | shake body |
Tony M
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shake body
But possibly more likely is a shake of say part of the upper boddy, shoulders etc. — as if in some way trying to shake off something unwanted clinging to one's back, for example; or perhaps like a kind of shiver: "Oh, that's too horrible to think about!"
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