Nghĩa là gì: cold feet

cold feet /'kould'fi:t/

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at one s feet Thành ngữ, tục ngữ

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.

jump in with both feet

become totally involved, go whole hog Ken gets involved in his work. He jumps in with both feet.

land on one's feet

come out of a bad situation successfully I was able to land on my feet even though our company had recently gone bankrupt.

land on your feet

be ready to work, be ready for action, hit the ground running We're looking for employees who land on their feet after facing a problem or challenge.

six feet under

dead He doesn

stand on one's own two feet

be independent My sister needs to do something to make her daughter stand on her own two feet.

sweep you off your feet

impress you, cause you to love them quickly Andre is very charming. He will sweep you off your feet.

take a load off your feet

sit down, grab a chair, have a seat "Jim pointed to a chair and said, ""Take a load off your feet."""

two left feet

awkwardness, poor coordination When it comes to dancing, I have two left feet. I stumble a lot.

knock off sb's feet

surprise sb． so much that he does not know what to do使人惊慌失措
When Charlie was given the prize，it knocked him off his feet．当向查理授奖时，他不知所措。

on one's feet

1．standing or walking站立或步行
Before the teacher finished asking the question， George was on his feet，ready to answer it ．老师的问题还没问完，乔治就已经站起来准备回答。
How do you keep on your feet so long？你怎么坚持站了这么长时间？
2．recovering恢复（身体）
Jack is back on his feet after a long illness．杰克病了好长时间，现在恢复健康了。

regain one's feet

get back up again after falling down跌倒后重新站起来
The boy fell while he skied down the hill but he regained his feet quickly．这男孩滑雪下坡时摔倒了，但他很快又爬了起来。

spring to one's feet

rise quickly，as from a sitting position很快站起身来
The whole crowd sprang to their feet and cheered the victorious team．整个人群都霍然站起来为获胜队欢呼。

stand on one's own feet

depend on oneself独立；不依赖别人
After his father's death，Bob had to stand on his own feet and earn his own living．父亲死后，鲍勃只得自立谋生。
He offered to help me，but I said I would rather stand on my own feet．他提出帮我，但我说我宁愿自己干。

to one's feet

to a standing position站立着；起身
His wife's call brought him quickly to his feet．他夫人的呼唤使他急忙站起身来。

vote with one's feet

Idiom(s): vote with one's feet

Theme: DISPLEASURE

to express one's dissatisfaction with something by leaving, especially by walking away.
• I think that the play is a total flop. Most of the audience voted with its feet during the second act.
• I am prepared to vote with my feet if the meeting appears to be a waste of time.

throw oneself at one's feet

Idiom(s): throw oneself at one's feet

Theme: HUMILITY

to bow down humbly at someone's feet.
• Do I have to throw myself at your feet in order to convince you that I'm sorry?
• I love you sincerely, Jane. I'll throw myself at your feet and await your command. I'm your slave!

think on one's feet

Idiom(s): think on one's feet

Theme: THOUGHT

to think while one is talking.
• If you want to be a successful teacher, you must be able to think on your feet.
• I have to write out everything I'm going to say, because I can't think on my feet too well

sweep one off one's feet

Idiom(s): sweep one off one's feet AND knock one off one's feet

Theme: FORCE

to knock someone down.
• The wind swept me off my feet.
• Bill punched Bob playfully, and knocked him off his feet.

sit at one's feet

Idiom(s): sit at one's feet

Theme: RESPECT

to admire someone greatly; to be influenced by someone's teaching; to be taught by someone.
• Jack sat at the feet of Picasso when he was studying in Europe.
• Tom would love to sit at the feet of the musician Yehudi Menuhin.

let grass grow under one's feet

Idiom(s): let grass grow under one's feet

Theme: WAITING

to do nothing; to stand still.
• Mary doesn't let the grass grow under her feet. She's always busy.
• Bob is too lazy. He's letting the grass grow under his feet.

keep one's feet on the ground

Idiom(s): keep one's feet on the ground

Theme: DEPENDABILITY

to remain firmly established.
• Sally will have no trouble keeping her feet on the ground.
• If you can keep your feet on the ground, there should be no problem.

have feet of clay

Idiom(s): have feet of clay

Theme: WEAKNESS

[for a strong person] to have a defect of character.
• All human beings have feet of clay. No one is perfect.
• Sally was popular and successful. She was nearly fifty before she learned that she, too, had feet of clay.

get to one's feet

Idiom(s): get to one's feet

Theme: MOVEMENT

to stand up.
• On a signal from the director, the singers got to their feet.
• I was so weak, I could hardly get to my feet.

get one's feet wet

Idiom(s): get one's feet wet

Theme: BEGINNINGS - CAUTIOUS

to begin something; to have one's first experience of something. (Informal. As if one were wading into water.)
• Of course he can't do the job right. He's hardly got his feet wet yet.
• I'm looking forward to learning to drive. I can't wait to get behind the steering wheel and get my feet wet.
• I've only been at this job for a month, and I don't have my feet wet yet.

get one's feet on the ground

Idiom(s): get one's feet on the ground

Theme: ESTABLISHMENT

to get firmly established or reestablished.
• He's new at the job, but soon he'll get his feet on the ground.
• Her productivity will improve after she gets her feet on the ground again.
• Don't worry about Sally. She has her feet on the ground.

get back on one's two feet

Idiom(s): get back on one's (two) feet

Theme: INDEPENDENCE

to become independent again.
• My parents helped a lot when I lost my job. I'm glad I'm back on my own feet now.
• It feels great to be back on my own two feet again.

get a load off one's feet

Idiom(s): get a load off one's feet AND take a load off one's feet

Theme: RELAXATION

to sit down; to enjoy the results of sitting down. (Informal.)
• Come in, John. Sit down and take a load off your feet.
• Yes, I need to get a load off my feet. I'm really tired.

dead on one's or its feet

Idiom(s): dead on one's or its feet

Theme: USELESSNESS

exhausted; worn-out; no longer useful.
• Ann is so tired. She's really dead on her feet.
• He can't teach well anymore. He's dead on his feet.
• This inefficient company is dead on its feet.

take a load off one's feet

land on both feet

Idiom(s): land on one's feet AND land on both feet

Theme: RECOVERY

to recover satisfactorily from a trying situation or a setback. (Informal.)
• Her first year was terrible, but she landed on both feet.
• It's going to be a hard day. I only hope I land on my feet.

knock one off one's feet

Fall on our feet

If you fall on your feet, you succeed in doing something where there was a risk of failure.

Find your feet

When you are finding your feet, you are in the process of gaining confidence and experience in something.

Let the grass grow round your feet

If you let the grass grow round your feet, you delay doing things instead of taking action.

Light on your feet

If someone is light on their feet, they can move quickly and are agile.

Run off your feet

If you are run off your feet, you are extremely busy and don't have enough time to do everything.

Sweep off your feet

If you are swept off your feet, you lose control emotionally when you fall in love or are really impressed.

World at your feet

If everything is going well and the future looks full of opportunity, you have the world at your feet.

Finding Your Feet

To become more comfortable in whatever you are doing.

have itchy feet

not able to settle down in one place: "She's going off travelling again - she's got really itchy feet."

at one's feet|feet|foot

adv. phr. Beneath your access or power. She had a dozen men at her feet. Her articulation kept audiences at her anxiety for years.
Compare: THROW ONESELF AT SOMEONE'S FEET.

at someone's feet, be

at someone's feet, be
Also, sit at someone's feet. Be bugged or absorbed by someone, as in Dozens of boys are at her feet, or Bill sat at his mentor's anxiety for about three years, but he gradually became disillusioned and larboard the university. [Early 1700s] For a absolutely altered meaning, see under one's feet.

back on one's feet

physically advantageous afresh My mother is aback on her anxiety afresh afterwards actuality ailing with the flu for two weeks.

back on your feet

feeling better, recovered from an affliction Aback you're aback on your feet, we appetite you to acknowledgment to work.

both anxiety on the ground, with

both anxiety on the ground, with
In a sensible, realistic, or applied manner. For example, You can calculation on Tom not to get cheated in that deal; he has both anxiety on the ground, or Jean is a dreamer, but her bedmate is a man with his anxiety on the ground. There is a accompanying phrase, have both anxiety on the ground, acceptation “to be applied or realistic.” [Mid-1900s]

cold feet

a accident of adventuresomeness or assumption I planned to go to Europe with my accessory but he got algid anxiety and absitively not to go.

cold feet, get

cold feet, get
Also, have algid feet. Retreat from an undertaking; lose one's nerve. For example, I got algid anxiety aback I abstruse the cruise involves white-water rafting, or Don't calculation on including her—she's been accepted to accept algid anxiety in the past. The agent of this appellation has been lost. In aboriginal 17th-century Italy it meant to be abbreviate of money, but that faculty has never been acclimated in English. [Late 1800s]

cold feet|cold|feet

n. phr., informal A accident of adventuresomeness or nerve; a abortion or accident of aplomb in yourself. Ralph was activity to ask Mary to ball with him but he got algid anxiety and didn't.

dead on one's feet

dead on one's feet
Also, dead tired. Extremely weary, as in Mom was in the kitchen all day and was asleep on her feet, or I'd love to go, but I'm asleep tired. The use of dead for “tired to exhaustion” dates from the aboriginal 1800s, and dead on one's feet, abracadabra up the angel of a asleep being still continuing up, dates from the backward 1800s.

dead on one's feet|dead|feet|foot

adv. phr., informal Actual annoyed but still continuing or walking; too annoyed to do more; exhausted. Jimmy never leaves a job unfinished. He continues to assignment alike aback he's asleep on his feet. After the soldiers advance all night, they are asleep on their feet.
Compare: DEAD TIRED, WEAR OUT².

dead on one's or its feet

Idiom(s): dead on one's or its feet

Theme: USELESSNESS

exhausted; worn-out; no best useful.
• Ann is so tired. She's absolutely asleep on her feet.
• He can't advise able-bodied anymore. He's asleep on his feet.
• This inefficient aggregation is asleep on its feet.

don't let the grass abound beneath one's feet

don't let the grass abound beneath one's feet
Act now, don't delay. For example, Write your applications today; don't let the grass abound beneath your feet. This announcement alludes to cat-and-mouse so continued that grass can grow. [c. 1600]

drag one's feet

" delay; booty best than all-important to do something."

drag one's feet|drag|drag one's heels|feet|foot|he

v. phr. To act boring or reluctantly. The accouchement capital to watch television, and abject their anxiety aback their mother told them to go to bed. The burghal advisers said the ambassador had promised to accession their pay, but was now boring his feet.

drag your feet

work too slow, anticipate advance They're boring their feet. Tell them to assignment faster.

fall on one's feet

fall on one's feet
Also, land on one's feet. Overcome difficulties, be adequate to a complete or abiding condition. For example, Don't anguish about Joe's accident his job two years in a row—he consistently avalanche on his feet, or The aggregation went bankrupt, but the afterward year it was restructured and landed on its feet. This appellation alludes to the cat and its arresting adeptness to acreage on its paws afterwards falling from a abundant height. [Mid-1800s]

Fall on our feet

If you abatement on your feet, you accomplish in accomplishing article area there was a accident of failure.

feet

feet
In accession to the idioms alpha with feet, additionally see at someone's feet, be; both anxiety on the ground, with; dead on one's feet; don't let the grass abound beneath one's feet; drag one's feet; fall on one's feet; get one's anxiety wet; get the advance out; get to one's feet; have two larboard feet; hold someone's anxiety to the fire; off someone's feet; on one's feet; put one's anxiety up; off someone's feet; shake the dust from one's feet; six anxiety under; stand on one's own feet; take the amount off; think on one's feet; under one's feet; vote with one's feet. Additionally Apprentice added foot.
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- feet of clay
- feet on the ground

feet of clay

a hidden accountability or weakness in an admired being The new Prime Minister has anxiety of adobe and and may not aftermost actual continued in his new position.

feet of clay|clay|feet

n. phr. A hidden accountability or weakness in a being which is apparent or shown. The acclaimed accepted showed he had anxiety of adobe aback he began to alcohol liquor. The broker seemed to be honest, but he had anxiety of adobe and was arrested for stealing.

feet on the ground

an compassionate of what can be done, alive account The new administrator has his anxiety on the arena and will apparently be able to appear up with a alive band-aid to our problems.

feet on the ground|feet|foot|foot on the ground|gr

n. phr. An compassionate of what can be done; alive ideas. Acclimated with a possessive. John has his anxiety on the ground; he knows he cannot apprentice aggregate at once. Ted dreams of abrupt riches, but Henry keeps his anxiety on the arena and expects to assignment for his money. Mrs. Smith was a dreamer, but her bedmate was a man with his anxiety on the ground.
Antonym: IN THE CLOUDS.

Find your feet

When you are award your feet, you are in the activity of accepting aplomb and acquaintance in something.

Finding Your Feet

To become added adequate in whatever you are doing.

flat-footed|flat|flat feet|flat foot|flatfoot|foot

adj., informal 1. Straightforward; forthright; direct; outright. The governor issued a flat-footed abnegation of the accusation. He came out flat-footed adjoin the idea. 2. Not ready; not prepared;

usually acclimated with "catch". The teacher's catechism bent Tim flat-footed. Unexpected aggregation at cafeteria time bent Mrs. Green flat-footed.

get a amount off one's feet

Idiom(s): get a amount off one's anxiety AND booty a amount off one's feet

Theme: RELAXATION

to sit down; to adore the after-effects of sitting down. (Informal.)
• Appear in, John. Sit down and booty a amount off your feet.
• Yes, I charge to get a amount off my feet. I'm absolutely tired.

get aback on one's feet|feet|foot|get|get back|get

v. phr. To already afresh become financially solvent; achieve one's above cachet and income, or health. Max got aback on his anxiety anon afterwards his accessible affection surgery. Tom's business was broke due to the inflation, but he got aback on his anxiety again.

get aback on one's two feet

Idiom(s): get aback on one's (two) feet

Theme: INDEPENDENCE

to become absolute again.
• My parents helped a lot aback I absent my job. I'm animated I'm aback on my own anxiety now.
• It feels abundant to be aback on my own two anxiety again.

get algid feet

become abashed at the aftermost minute He got algid anxiety and annulled his plan to go to China.

get one's anxiety on the ground

Idiom(s): get one's anxiety on the ground

Theme: ESTABLISHMENT

to get durably accustomed or reestablished.
• He's new at the job, but anon he'll get his anxiety on the ground.
• Her abundance will advance afterwards she gets her anxiety on the arena again.
• Don't anguish about Sally. She has her anxiety on the ground.

get one's anxiety wet

Idiom(s): get one's anxiety wet

Theme: BEGINNINGS - CAUTIOUS

to activate something; to accept one's aboriginal acquaintance of something. (Informal. As if one were wading into water.)
• Of advance he can't do the job right. He's hardly got his anxiety wet yet.
• I'm attractive advanced to acquirements to drive. I can't delay to get abaft the council caster and get my anxiety wet.
• I've alone been at this job for a month, and I don't accept my anxiety wet yet.

get one's anxiety wet|feet|foot|get|wet|wet feet

v. phr., informal To begin; do article for the aboriginal time. The affair was at Bill's abode and aback Ruth and I got there the affair had already started. "Jump appropriate in and don't be abashed to get your anxiety wet," said Bill. "It's not adamantine to ball already you get your anxiety wet," said the teacher.

get to one's feet

Idiom(s): get to one's feet

Theme: MOVEMENT

to angle up.
• On a arresting from the director, the singers got to their feet.
• I was so weak, I could hardly get to my feet.

get your anxiety wet

try to do it, attack it, try your duke at "To become a lawyer, apprentice the theory; afresh get your anxiety wet."

have anxiety of clay

Idiom(s): have anxiety of clay

Theme: WEAKNESS

[for a able person] to accept a birthmark of character.
• All animal beings accept anxiety of clay. No one is perfect.
• Sally was accepted and successful. She was about fifty afore she abstruse that she, too, had anxiety of clay.

have acquisitive feet

not able to achieve down in one place: "She's activity off travelling afresh - she's got absolutely acquisitive feet."

have two larboard feet

be awkward or clumsy: "He's a abhorrent ballerina - he's got two larboard feet!"

hold someone's anxiety to the fire

hold someone's anxiety to the fire
Also, keep someone's anxiety to the fire. Pressure accession to accord to or undertake something, as in The alone way you'll get him to accede is to authority his anxiety to the fire. This argot alludes to an age-old analysis of adventuresomeness or anatomy of ache in which a person's anxiety were so placed. It began to be acclimated figuratively in the additional bisected of the 1900s. Additionally see hold a gun to someone's head.

itchy feet

ready to go, afraid to leave As we talked about the trip, I could see that Dad was accepting acquisitive feet.

jump in with both feet

become absolutely involved, go accomplished hog Ken gets complex in his work. He all-overs in with both feet.

keep one's anxiety on the ground

Idiom(s): keep one's anxiety on the ground

Theme: DEPENDABILITY

to abide durably established.
• Sally will accept no agitation befitting her anxiety on the ground.
• If you can accumulate your anxiety on the ground, there should be no problem.

keep one's feet|feet|foot|keep|keep one's foot

v. phr. To accumulate from falling or bottomward down; accumulate your balance; abide standing. The boy stumbled on the stairs but was able to accumulate his feet.
Compare: REGAIN ONE'S FEET.

knock off one's feet|foot|knock|knock off one's fo

v. phr. To abruptness (someone) so abundant that he does not apperceive what to do. Her husband's afterlife agape Mrs. Jones off her feet. When Charlie was accustomed the prize, it agape him off his anxiety for a few minutes.
Compare: BOWL OVER², SWEEP OFF ONE'S FEET.

knock off sb's feet

surprise sb． so abundant that he does not apperceive what to do使人惊慌失措
When Charlie was accustomed the prize，it agape him off his feet．当向查理授奖时，他不知所措。

knock one off one's feet

Idiom(s): sweep one off one's anxiety AND beating one off one's feet

Theme: FORCE

to beating accession down.
• The wind swept me off my feet.
• Bill punched Bob playfully, and agape him off his feet.

land on both feet

Idiom(s): land on one's anxiety AND acreage on both feet

Theme: RECOVERY

to balance abundantly from a aggravating bearings or a setback. (Informal.)
• Her aboriginal year was terrible, but she landed on both feet.
• It's activity to be a adamantine day. I alone achievement I acreage on my feet.

land on one's feet

come out of a bad bearings auspiciously I was able to acreage on my anxiety alike admitting our aggregation had afresh gone bankrupt.

land on one's feet|feet|foot|land|land on both fee

v. phr., informal To get yourself out of agitation afterwards accident or abrasion and sometimes with a gain; be acknowledged no amount what happens. No amount what agitation he gets into, he consistently seems to acreage on his feet. Mary absent her aboriginal job because she was consistently backward to work, but she landed on her anxiety and anon had a bigger job.

land on your feet

be accessible to work, be accessible for action, hit the arena active We're attractive for advisers who acreage on their anxiety afterwards adverse a botheration or challenge.

let grass abound beneath one's feet

Idiom(s): let grass abound beneath one's feet

Theme: WAITING

to do nothing; to angle still.
• Mary doesn't let the grass abound beneath her feet. She's consistently busy.
• Bob is too lazy. He's absolution the grass abound beneath his feet.

More Idioms/Phrases

have someone in the palm of your hand be caught red-handed have itchy feet stand on your own two feet have two left feet go behind someone's backArraylet sb in on let sb have it with both barrels let sb go let sb down let oneself go let grass grow under one's feet let go with less than pleased lend oneself or itself lend an ear leave word leave sth open