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
Keiko	ke:-ko	Japanese
Felicia	fə-LEE-shə (English), fe-LEE-thyah (Spanish), fe-LEE-syah (Latin American Spanish), fe-LEE-chyah (Romanian), fe-LEE-see-ah (Swedish)	English, Spanish, Hungarian, Romanian, Dutch, Swedish, Late Roman
Muir	-	Scottish
Trishna	-	Indian, Hindi
Corbinian	kawr-BEE-nee-ahn	German
Lili	-	German, French, Hungarian