have cold feet Idioma

back on one's feet

physically healthy again My mother is back on her feet again after being sick with the flu for two weeks.

back on your feet

feeling better, recovered from an illness When you're back on your feet, we want you to return to work.

cold feet

a loss of courage or nerve I planned to go to Europe with my cousin but he got cold feet and decided not to go.

drag one's feet

" delay; take longer than necessary to do something."

drag your feet

work too slow, prevent progress They're dragging their feet. Tell them to work faster.

feet of clay

a hidden fault or weakness in an esteemed person The new Prime Minister has feet of clay and and may not last very long in his new position.

feet on the ground

an understanding of what can be done, sensible ideas The new manager has his feet on the ground and will probably be able to come up with a sensible solution to our problems.

get cold feet

become afraid at the last minute He got cold feet and cancelled his plan to go to China.

get your feet wet

try to do it, attempt it, try your hand at "To become a lawyer, learn the theory; then get your feet wet."

itchy feet

ready to go, anxious to leave As we talked about the trip, I could see that Dad was getting itchy feet.

have algid feet

To acquaintance agitation or all-overs afore one attempts to do something, generally to the admeasurement that one tries to abstain it. I wasn't afraid until the morning of my wedding, but anybody assured me that I aloof had algid feet. Good luck accepting her out on stage—she consistently has algid anxiety afore a performance.Learn more: cold, feet, have

get/have algid ˈfeet

(informal) no best appetite to abide what you advised or accept started to do because you are afraid or afraid: Do you still appetite to do this parachute jump or are you accepting algid feet? OPPOSITE: take the plungeLearn more: cold, feet, get, have

cold feet, to get/have

To be timid; to aback off from some undertaking. This announcement appears to date from the nineteenth century, at atomic in its present meaning. In the aboriginal seventeenth aeon it was an Italian adage that meant to accept no money; it was so acclimated by Ben Jonson in his comedy Volpone. The antecedent of the added contempo acceptation is obscure. Some accept it comes from soldiers beat in action because their anxiety are frozen. Another antecedent cites a German atypical of 1862 in which a agenda amateur withdraws from a bold because, he claims, his anxiety are cold. Learn more: cold, get, have

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have compassion on have connection with have control of have designs on someone have dinner have eyes at the back of one's head have fun have fun! have good lungs have got have got no have had enough have hard feelings have his heart in his mouth have his heart in the right place have in mind have in stock have it out