English Expression: A case of the jitters
This guy, the guy in the picture, looks like he has a severe case of the jitters.
Oh yes, it seems as if he is feeling some anxiety and anticipation before he goes up in a perfectly good airplane and jumps out.
I’ve never been parachute jumping before, but I’ve bungee jumped and just like the guy in the picture I had a severe case of the jitters right before I dropped.
Honestly, I almost didn’t jump, but you know what Eleanor Roosevelt said, ‘Do one thing every day that scares you.’
Well, by bungee jumping, I did one thing that scared me for about six months.