cold feet

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A feeling of nervousness or anxiety causing one to reconsider a decision about an upcoming event. informal,plural,plural-only
    — The groom got cold feet before his wedding.
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see cold, feet. plural,plural-only

词源

Idiomatic sense possibly from a calque of German kalte Füße bekommen (“to get cold feet”), or of Lombard avegh minga frecc i pee (“to have no money”, literally “to be cold in the feet”) (Italian aver freddo ai piedi), said by a person who wishes to stop gambling, allegedly because the person now has cold feet due to being too poor to afford proper footwear.
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