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CRAZY TEACHER 的瘋狂英語教室 : 美國人這樣說
第十六課 : cold feet
你有腳冷過嗎? Did you ever have cold feet? 冬天到了才會腳冷嗎? 非也! 腳冷跟天氣無關喔!
cold feet n.
Definition: suddenly become too scared to do something important you had planned to do. usually something like getting married or buying a house.
臨陣畏縮
Example:
1) Ethan wanted to try bungee jumping, but he got cold feet once he got up there.
2)The wedding was called off because my cousin got cold feet.
這兩句自前年突然爆紅，因為美國喬治亞州有個即將嫁入豪門的年輕女子在婚禮前幾天失蹤，警方全力尋找，最後找到她時，她自稱被綁架，結果騙局輕易被拆穿，這女孩只是"腳冷"，被結婚嚇到了，臨陣脫逃，變成落跑新娘。這新聞連上頭條好幾天，新郎臉上無光，新娘賠了政府好多錢，最後當然是以分手收場。................。
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