být na vážkách — meaning in English

English meaning

• dither verb To tremble, shake, or shiver.
• stagger verb To walk unsteadily, as if about to fall.

Senses

být na vážkách is used for these senses in English:

• dither (figurative) To be uncertain or unable to make a decision; to vacillate, hesitate, or delay.
• stagger (transitive) To cause to doubt and waver; to make to hesitate; to make less steady or confident; to shock.

dither — full definition

1. verb To tremble, shake, or shiver.
2. verb To be uncertain or unable to make a decision; to vacillate, hesitate, or delay.
3. verb To do something nervously.
4. verb To apply an algorithm to digital data to minimize the effects of quantization:

stagger — full definition

1. verb To walk unsteadily, as if about to fall.
2. verb To shock or astonish someone.
3. verb To arrange events or times so they don't all happen at once.
4. noun An unsteady, swaying walk.

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