cold feet

常見例句

雙語例句

• COLD has long had negative connotations—cold-hearted, cold feet, cold comfort, the cold war.
  很久以來，寒冷就隱含著負面色彩——冷酷無情，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，每當我拿起電話想和大夫預約的時候，我就好像聽到那鉆牙的聲音，一下子，我就害怕起來了。” 事到臨頭打退堂鼓，出現(xiàn)cold feet的現(xiàn)象也許是一個弱點，但是在美國成語里，把腳弄濕倒是一件好事。
• She said something I equated as: Of course you're going to get sick if you have cold feet all the time—warm them.
  她拉著我說了一通話，我揣測她的意思是：你老是讓腳丫凍著，當然要著涼了——快穿上鞋子保暖。

原聲例句

• 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.

權威例句

• Atari got cold feet, and dropped the idea -- and the game -- before completion.
  ENGADGET: blogger-avatar
• But Greece's official creditors have their own reasons to get cold feet about another rescue package.
  ECONOMIST: Rescuing Greece
• Also, acquirers are getting cold feet as the possibility of a coming recession mounts.
  FORBES: Magazine Article
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