如果一个人由于胆怯或害怕而发颤的时候就可以使用 turn to jelly 来形容。这个短语也可形容人体的某个部位开始发颤。
- When I saw how high up we were, I turned to jelly and I couldn't speak.
- His legs turned to jelly after riding the ghost train at the funfair!
值得注意的是，形容某事为 like nailing jelly to the wall 就说明这件事让人无法理解也很难形容。
- Writing the history of this period is like nailing jelly to the wall.
