习语主题: 情绪

get cold feet

/ˌɡet kəʊld ˈfiːt/INFORMAL · B2

中文对应近似对应

打退堂鼓

字面意思: «脚变冷»

含义

to become too nervous to do something you planned

临近要做的事时变得胆怯.

例句

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

语法

get 和 have 都可用，只有这个动词变化：gets、got、getting。feet 保持复数。

意思相近

have butterflies in your stomach

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