get cold feet
/ˌɡet kəʊld ˈfiːt/INFORMAL · B2
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字面意思: «腳變冷»
意思
to become too nervous to do something you planned
臨近要做的事時變得膽怯.
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.
文法
get 和 have 都可用,只有這個動詞變化:gets、got、getting。feet 保持複數。
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