| cold feet | |
| —pl n | |
| informal loss or lack of courage or confidence | |
| the offspring of a zebra and a donkey. |
| a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal. |
To “have cold feet” is to be too fearful to undertake or complete an action: “The backup quarterback was called into the game, but he got cold feet and refused to go in.”
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