We opened the very first rock climbing gym in America in 1987 on Elliott Ave in Seattle. The gym was no more than rocks glued to painted plywood panels.
shake a leg in British English. old-fashioned informal âº used to âtell someone to âhurry or âact more âquickly: Come on, Nick, shake a âleg or we'll never be âready in âtime.
Also, shake in one's boots; quake or shake like a leaf. Tremble with fear, as in The very thought of a hurricane blowing in makes me quake in my boots. Both quake and shake here mean tremble.. These idioms were preceded by the alliterative phrase shake in one's shoes in the late 1800s.