cold feet

*cold feet

Fig. fear of doing something; cowardice at the moment of action. (*Typically: get ~; have ~; give someone ~.) The bridegroom got cold feet on the day of the wedding. Sally said I should try skydiving, but I had cold feet.

cold feet

n. a wave of timidity or fearfulness. Suddenly I had cold feet and couldn’t sing a note.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Matthias	mah-TEE-ahs (German), mə-THIE-əs (English)	Greek, German, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, French, Dutch, Biblical, Biblical Latin, Biblical Greek
Kyrillos	-	Ancient Greek
Luis	LWEES	Spanish
ŞErİFe	-	Turkish
ArtŪRs	-	Latvian
Emem	-	Western African, Ibibio