出处:按学科分类—语言、文字 中国对外翻译出版公司《汉英成语词典》第100页(207字)
形容在极度惊恐时,发生错觉,稍有一点动静,就非常紧张,例败军之际,风摇树动,大家都惊惶四窜,真有草木皆兵之慨。
The defeated army retreated in such a jumpy state as to imagine every bush and tree an enemy soldier.