COLD FEET

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

Timidity that prevents the continuation of a course of action

Example:

I was going to tell him but I got cold feet

Classified under:

Nouns denoting feelings and emotions

Hypernyms ("cold feet" is a kind of...):

timidity; timidness; timorousness (fear of the unknown or unfamiliar or fear of making decisions)