Get cold feet ni kupoteza ujasiri karibu na muda wa kufanya jambo. Fikiria mtu aliyeamua hatua kubwa kama harusi, kuhama au kuruka kwa parachuti, lakini muda unapokaribia anaogopa, anaanza kusita au anajitoa. Nahau ni ya mazungumzo; katika insha, unaweza kutaja moja kwa moja got nervous au decided not to go ahead kulingana na kilichotokea.
Ungesema get cold feet katika hali gani?
Tunga sentensi; tutakagua kama msemo unafaa katika hali hiyo na kupendekeza marekebisho.
Ukaguzi unachukua muda mrefu kuliko kawaida. Maoni yataonekana hapa yenyewe.
get/have cold feet (about + noun/-ing)
- Tom got cold feet the night before his wedding, but he turned up at the church in the end.
- I was going to quit my job and travel for a year, but I got cold feet.
- Two investors got cold feet about the project when the costs started to rise.
Kilichobadilika
Toleo la kwanzaHe got cold legs and didn't sign the contract.
Baada ya marekebishoHe got cold feet and didn't sign the contract.
Legs na feet ni rahisi kuchanganya, na legs linaweza kuonekana chaguo la kawaida. Lakini nahau hutumia feet katika wingi. Legs pekee limebadilishwa kuwa feet.
Have second thoughts ni jepesi zaidi: mtu ana mashaka lakini huenda asibadili uamuzi: I had second thoughts about the flat, but I signed the contract anyway. Get cold feet husisitiza hofu; inaweza kuleta kujitoa lakini haithibitishi kwamba mtu aliacha. Ikiwa miguu ina baridi halisi, sema My feet are cold.
Zamu yako
Maria had booked a parachute jump for her birthday, but when she saw the tiny plane, she ___ and went home.
Onyesha jibu
got cold feet — Maria aliogopa na kujitoa kwenye mruko dakika za mwisho, jambo linalofaa got cold feet. Itchy feet ni hamu ya kuondoka na kusafiri, ilhali Maria alirudi nyumbani.
Fikiria ulipopoteza ujasiri dakika za mwisho, wewe au mtu unayemfahamu. Sema alikuwa afanye nini na iliishaje.
My brother got cold feet before his first job interview in English, so he moved it to the following week.
Jifunze kutumia maneno mapya kwa usahihi
Tunga sentensi kwa maneno unayojifunza. LetsWords inaonyesha makosa ya matumizi na sarufi, inapendekeza marekebisho na kuyaeleza kwa lugha yako ya mama; kurudia kunasaidia kukumbuka maneno.