From the American Civil War--The battles of the civil war were bloody and gruesome. Often after a bayonet charge, the dead and wounded would often end up in a tangled and bloody pile. When the fighting ended, the stretcher-bearers would come out to sort the dead from the wounded. One way they had to sort the bodies between the dead and those still living, was to lift a leg or an arm and jostle it, to see if they got a rise out of the body. As you can imagine having one's limbs shaken while already wounded was quite a painful experience, so a soldier learned to move or wave one of his arms or legs by himself to indicate to the stretcher-bearer that he was alive. After a time, the stretcher-bearers would first yell to the piles of bodies "shake a leg or arm" as they approached. After a time, the shortened "shake a leg" began to be used in any situation where one wanted to rouse someone to action.
Shake a Leg was created on 2005-10-10.
A cat's leg may shake when they sleep due to dreaming or muscle twitches, which are normal behaviors.
A cat's leg may shake when sleeping due to dreaming or muscle twitching, which is a normal and harmless behavior.
It means.. Take action or Get going or Get moving or move quickerShake a leg means to hurry up. For example "Shake a leg we are already late for the game."
hurry
The LITERAL meaning would be to shake one of your legs back and forth.
A baby's leg may shake when standing due to developing muscles and balance skills. This is normal as they learn to support their weight and coordinate movements.
shake shake shake your booty
all you have to say a shake
I believe that when Taylor shakes his leg it is a nervous disorder...I have the same one.
Shake your hips left to right just a little then do it faster and use your leg muscle and your butt will shake! :)
The anatomical term for the calf area of the leg is the "gastrocnemius muscle."