英语词汇“cold feet”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

cold feet

Loss of nerve or confidence: after arranging to meet I got cold feet and phoned her saying I was busy...

The Rochdale cabaret singer feared his Norwegian bride had got cold feet and decided to return to her homeland without him.
The central government has developed cold feet on the promised legislation to regulate fee and admissions in professional colleges.
Apparently, one - or possibly more - of the investors may have gotten cold feet.

Synonyms

hesitate, falter, delay, drag one's feet, stall, think twice, change one's mind, waver, oscillate, fluctuate, vacillate, be undecided, be indecisive, be irresolute, see-saw, yo-yo;

British haver, hum and haw

informal sit on the fence, dilly-dally, shilly-shally, pussyfoot around, blow hot and cold

See parent entry: cold

单词	cold feet
释义	cold feet Loss of nerve or confidence: after arranging to meet I got cold feet and phoned her saying I was busy... The Rochdale cabaret singer feared his Norwegian bride had got cold feet and decided to return to her homeland without him. The central government has developed cold feet on the promised legislation to regulate fee and admissions in professional colleges. Apparently, one - or possibly more - of the investors may have gotten cold feet. Synonyms hesitate, falter, delay, drag one's feet, stall, think twice, change one's mind, waver, oscillate, fluctuate, vacillate, be undecided, be indecisive, be irresolute, see-saw, yo-yo; British haver, hum and haw informal sit on the fence, dilly-dally, shilly-shally, pussyfoot around, blow hot and cold See parent entry: cold
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