tremble and obey
To unthinkingly obey or pander to authorities, especially the Chinese government.
The ordinary voter ... feels himself their humble subject, whose duty is, as the Chinese used to say, to “tremble and obey”.
tremble
/ˈtɹɛmbl̩/
verb 2noun 1name 1
Collocations
9(verb.)
ADV
badly, violently | helplessly, involuntarily, uncontrollably | a little, slightly | inside
VERB + TREMBLE
begin to, start to
She started to tremble when she heard the loud crash outside her house.
make sb
The sudden earthquake made the whole building tremble violently.
PREP
at
The old man trembled at the sound of the earthquake rumbling beneath the ground.
with
Her voice trembled with emotion as she announced the news to her family.
PHRASES
tremble all over, tremble from head to foot/toe, tremble like a leaf
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