Dictionary of Phrase and Fable—S

Shaky

Not steady; not in good health; not strictly upright; not well prepared for examination; doubtfully solvent. The allusion is to a table or chair out of order and shaky.

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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