Glossary entry (derived from question below)
English term
go limp
will go limp and cross their little arms.
Maybe the sentence is an easy one. But I didn't get what he want to say by it.
No more context.
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El oso
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| 4 +1 | their muscles go limp out of fear |
Oliver Simões
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| 3 | semi-conscious |
Bashiqa
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Non-PRO (1): Yvonne Gallagher
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play dead
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philgoddard
: "Go limp" means "become floppy".
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Yea, I know what it means. I just thought the Asker wouldn't. Thanks!
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Jack Doughty
: also with Phil.
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Thank you!
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Tina Vonhof (X)
: First explain the meaning, then suggest other options.
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Point taken. Thank you.
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B D Finch
: This attributes an unlikely intellectual and acting ability to toads! It's a reflex rather than a clever ruse.
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I wouldn't underestimate the toads :)
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Edith Kelly
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Thank you.
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semi-conscious
Bit like me after half an hour sunbathing.
United States
BA in Transl., MA in ESL, 15 yrs of exp.
Native in: Portuguese 
Works in: English to Portuguese, Portuguese to English, Spanish to Portuguese, and 2 more.
their muscles go limp out of fear
"Cataplexy — Most people with narcolepsy experience some degree of cataplexy, which is defined as a sudden loss of voluntary muscle control. An attack may involve only a slight feeling of weakness and limp muscles — such as sagging facial muscles, nodding head, buckling knees, loss of arm strength and garbled speech — or also may cause immediate total body collapse.
These attacks are usually triggered by intense emotions, such as laughter, surprise, anger, stress and fear, and can last anywhere from a few seconds to thirty minutes."
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Note added at 11 mins (2018-07-25 14:12:54 GMT)
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PS: I believe the text is referring to a physiological response in the body.
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B D Finch
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philgoddard
: I don't think you can have a definition of "go limp" that includes the words "go limp".
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It's not a definition. It's an explanation. There are several of those on ProZ.
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Discussion
But I go limp for police and I fight when it’s called for
The truth is I don't know or care with who or where I fit in at all