lose one's nerve

Become frightened or timid, lose courage. For example, I wanted to ski down the expert slope but then I lost my nerve. This expression employs nerve in the sense of "courage or boldness." [Early 1900s]

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Tiago	-	Portuguese
Erlingur	-	Icelandic
Nojus	-	Lithuanian
Beatrice	['bi:ətris]
Layne	LAYN	English
Humbert	HUWM-bert (German), um-BER (French), HUM-bərt (English)	German, French, English (Rare), Ancient Germanic