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Weak Knees Temporarily Barely Stand Emotion Fear Illness

Phrase/Idiom weak at / in the knees
Definition Somebody who is weak at the knees is (temporarily) barely able to stand because of emotion, fear or illness.
Example The news made me go weak at the knees.

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