cold feet

基本解釋

COLD has long had negative connotations—cold-hearted, cold feet, cold comfort, the cold war.
很久以來(lái)，寒冷就隱含著負(fù)麪色彩——冷酷無(wú)情，腳冷膽怯，冷慰藉（起不到安慰作用），冷戰(zhàn)。
2：I really need to get my teeth fixed, but every time I start to phone the dentist, I think about the sound of that drill and right away I get cold feet.
但是，每?jī)}我拿起電話想和大夫預(yù)約的時(shí)候，我就好像聽(tīng)到那鑽牙的聲音，一下子，我就害怕起來(lái)了?！?事到臨頭打退堂鼓，出現(xiàn)cold feet的現(xiàn)象也許是一個(gè)弱點(diǎn)，但是在美國(guó)成語(yǔ)裡，把腳弄溼倒是一件好事。
She said something I equated as: Of course you're going to get sick if you have cold feet all the time—warm them.
她拉著我說(shuō)了一通話，我揣測(cè)她的意思是：你老是讓腳丫凍著，儅然要著涼了——快穿上鞋子保煖。

But there is an expression to get cold feet that has nothing to do with cold or your feet.
You are likely to get cold feet about being president when you understand the situation.
As he pulled the door open, a cold rain rushed into the kitchen almost sweeping him from his feet.

Atari got cold feet, and dropped the idea -- and the game -- before completion.
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