loss of courage
failure of confidence
to hesitate a lot
suddenly become too frightened to do something one had planned to do
He got cold feet when heard the news of his transfer to remote area of the country which is hundreds of miles from his home town.
The burglar has got cold feet, when the dog started barking.
Veronica gets cold feet once again about going on a trip to Europe.
Peter is getting cold feet about helping investigation agencies – it smells something fishy.
Steve is the only member in our family who appears to be getting cold feet about moving to the new house.
There is no origin for this idiom
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