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
Zuzanka-Czech, Slovak
Bartek-Polish
Sol (1)-Spanish, Portuguese
Hila-Hebrew
Zenia-English (Rare)
Helladius-Late Greek (Latinized)