shitting planks

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shitting planks

1. (slang, vulgar, Ireland) Extremely frightened.
   • 2006, Stephen J. Martin, Rock and a Hard Place, 1st edition, Cork: Mercier Press, →ISBN, page 368:

     He gave a little wave and then turned back to the computer, sweating. He was shitting planks now. He had to do this thing properly.