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legs like jelly
extremely weak and shaky legs
If your legs are like jelly, they feel extremely weak and shaky.
Hear it in real life
Were you nervous before the performance?
Absolutely, I had legs like jelly.
My legs were like jelly after I finished the hike.
The mistake everyone makes
Not: My legs were like a jelly after the climb.
Say: My legs were like jelly after the climb.
In this fixed comparison, jelly is uncountable and does not take a.
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How it fits in a sentence.
have legs like jelly; my legs were like jelly
Your turn: say it out loud
My legs were like jelly after I finished the hike.
Say it out loud two or three times, until it feels like yours.
legs like jelly
extremely weak and shaky legs
“My legs were like jelly after I finished the hike.”
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