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cold feet
cold feetpl.n. Slang Fearfulness or timidity preventing the completion of a course of action.cold feet pl n informal loss or lack of courage or confidence cold′ feet′
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Informal. a lack of confidence or courage. [1890–95] Thesaurus| Noun | 1. |  cold feet - timidity that prevents the continuation of a course of action; "I was going to tell him but I got cold feet"timidity, timidness, timorousness - fear of the unknown or unfamiliar or fear of making decisions |
cold feetnounSlang. Great agitation and anxiety caused by the expectation or the realization of danger:affright, alarm, apprehension, dread, fear, fearfulness, fright, funk, horror, panic, terror, trepidation.Idiom: fear and trembling.cold feet
cold feetNervousness or anxiety felt before one attempts to do something. I wasn't nervous until the morning of my wedding, but everyone assured me that it was just cold feet. Good luck getting her out on stage—she always gets cold feet before a performance.See also: cold, feet*cold feetFig. 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.See also: cold, feetcold feet loss of nerve or confidence.See also: cold, feetcold feet n. a wave of timidity or fearfulness. Suddenly I had cold feet and couldn’t sing a note. See also: cold, feetcold feet, to get/haveTo be timid; to back off from some undertaking. This expression appears to date from the nineteenth century, at least in its present meaning. In the early seventeenth century it was an Italian proverb that meant to have no money; it was so used by Ben Jonson in his play Volpone. The source of the more recent meaning is obscure. Some believe it comes from soldiers retreating in battle because their feet are frozen. Another source cites a German novel of 1862 in which a card player withdraws from a game because, he claims, his feet are cold. See also: cold, get, haveAcronymsSeeCFcold feet
Synonyms for cold feetnoun great agitation and anxiety caused by the expectation or the realization of dangerSynonyms- affright
- alarm
- apprehension
- dread
- fear
- fearfulness
- fright
- funk
- horror
- panic
- terror
- trepidation
Words related to cold feetnoun timidity that prevents the continuation of a course of actionRelated Words- timidity
- timidness
- timorousness
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