cold feet

基本解释

COLD has long had negative connotations—cold-hearted, cold feet, cold comfort, the cold war.
很久以来，寒冷就隐含着负面色彩——冷酷无情，脚冷胆怯，冷慰藉（起不到安慰作用），冷战。
2：I really need to get my teeth fixed, but every time I start to phone the dentist, I think about the sound of that drill and right away I get cold feet.
但是，每当我拿起电话想和大夫预约的时候，我就好像听到那钻牙的声音，一下子，我就害怕起来了。” 事到临头打退堂鼓，出现cold feet的现象也许是一个弱点，但是在美国成语里，把脚弄湿倒是一件好事。
She said something I equated as: Of course you're going to get sick if you have cold feet all the time—warm them.
她拉着我说了一通话，我揣测她的意思是：你老是让脚丫冻着，当然要着凉了——快穿上鞋子保暖。

But there is an expression to get cold feet that has nothing to do with cold or your feet.
You are likely to get cold feet about being president when you understand the situation.
As he pulled the door open, a cold rain rushed into the kitchen almost sweeping him from his feet.

Atari got cold feet, and dropped the idea -- and the game -- before completion.
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