cold feet

cold feet meaning in Tamil

Examples of cold feet in a sentence

• Don't you always get cold feet, at our club, when you have had good luck?" and he carried it out, he kept his cold feet, and his winnings, […]1871 March 18, Fritz Reuter, “Seed-time and Harvest: Or, During My Apprenticeship. Part XII. […]”, in Katharine Tyler, transl., Littel’s...
• What you getting cold feet for now, when we've got a good job?" the long-legged youth whined.1918 June, Chart Pitt, “The Law of the Wolf”, in The Black Cat: Clever Short Stories, volume XXIII, number 9, Salem, Mass.: Shortstory...
• Had not these courageous sailors put up such a thoroughgoing battle, and had not the Japanese admiral commanding gotten cold feet, we would have been dealt a crushing defeat.1959 February, Robert F. Cocklin, “A Moral Pledge Fulfilled: LEYTE JUNE 1944–JANUARY 1945 (Volume XII of History of United States Naval...
• The member for West Coast has introduced the Bill because the Government got cold feet.1980 October 24, W[allace] E[dward] Rowling, “Land Purchase Bill”, in Parliamentary Debates (Hansard): First Session, Thirty-ninth...

Origin of cold feet

Idiomatic sense possibly from a calque of German kalte Füße bekommen (“to get cold feet”), or of Lombard avegh minga frecc i pee (“to have no money”, literally “to be cold in the feet”) (Italian aver freddo ai piedi), said by a person who wishes to stop gambling, allegedly because the person now has cold feet due to being too poor to afford proper footwear.

Questions about cold feet

What does cold feet mean?

Cold feet means a feeling of nervousness or anxiety causing one to reconsider a decision about an upcoming event.

What is cold feet in Tamil?

Cold feet in Tamil is அச்சம், கோழைமை, துணி வின்மை. See Cold feet meaning in Tamil.

How do you use cold feet in a sentence?

Don't you always get cold feet, at our club, when you have had good luck?" and he carried it out, he kept his cold feet, and his winnings, […]

What part of speech is cold feet?

Cold feet is a noun.