get cold feet

Bedeutung

to become too nervous to do something you planned

Zu nervös werden, um etwas Geplantes zu tun.

Beispiele

1. 1Leo was going to ask for a pay rise, but he got cold feet.
2. 2Plenty of people get cold feet a week before their wedding.
3. 3She booked a solo trip to Spain and then got cold feet.
4. 4Don't get cold feet now — you have practised this presentation for a month.
5. 5Half the choir got cold feet and sang far too quietly at the audition.

Grammatik

Gebräuchlich sind get und have, und nur dieses Verb verändert sich: gets, got, getting. Das Wort feet bleibt im Plural.

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