From moominsean at Flickr and made available through Creative Commons Again from Gary’s website, Phrase Finder An oath, expressing annoyance or surprise. Robert Louis Stevenson used shiver my timbers several times in the original 1883 book, for example: “Well, he [Old Pew] is dead now and under hatches; but for two year before that, shiver . . . → Read More: Nautical Term/Phrase Wednesday: Shiver Me Timbers