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If you have cold feet, you are nervous about doing something. You could also ask someone if they were getting cold feet, meaning are they getting nervous. Tomorrow is your wedding - are you getting cold feet yet?
"had reservations about a deal and backed out" Can also be used in the context of marriage... if a groom "has cold feet" it means that he is thinking of backing out of the wedding.
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∙ 11y ago
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∙ 15y agoSomeone who has 'cold feet' backs out of a situation or expressed commitment because, for some reason, they feel unable to see it through.
The expression is found in American English in the 1890s. The phrase seems to have Italian origins, in the Italian expression avegh minga frecc i pee, which is a Lombard saying, literally meaning "to have no money."
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∙ 11y agoto be frightened
to hesitate to follow through on some plan that you made
its a slang expression meaning fear of completing a course of action
To have cold feet means to regret having agreed to do something tricky, uncomfortable or dangerous. He said he would speak to her father, but when the time came, Sam had cold feet.
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∙ 11y agoSome abstract nouns (synonyms) for 'cold fee' are cowardice, uncertainty, apprehension, doubt.
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∙ 10y ago"To have cold feet" is an idiom meaning you were hesitant about a decision. She was going to get married Sunday, but she got cold feet and cancelled it.
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