Home • G • Get cold feet

Get cold feet

To become afraid and hesitant about something at the last minute.

The student got cold feet and cancelled his plans to go to China.

Related Idioms

Give a dog a bad name and hang him

The phrase ‘a bad name’ means ‘a bad reputation’. However untrue the charges... Read more →

Give a thief enough rope and he’ll hang himself

If you give a bad person enough opportunity he will bring about his own downfall. There is a play on... Read more →