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
Orazio-Italian
Lavone-English (Rare)
Jamaarjə-MAHRAfrican American (Rare)
Tam[tæm]
Gili-Hebrew
Dip-Indian, Hindi, Marathi, Gujarati, Bengali, Punjabi