get cold feet



get cold feet

to suddenly become too frightened to do something you had planned to do, especially something important like getting married We're getting married next Saturday - that's if Trevor doesn't get cold feet! I'm worried she may be getting cold feet about our trip to Patagonia.
See also: cold, feet, get

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Gastongas-TAWNFrench
ZoËZO-ee (English)Dutch, English
Eira (2)AY-rah (Swedish)Swedish, Norwegian
Costello
Lestatlə-STAT (English)Literature
Orna (1)-Irish