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kalte Füße bekommen / kriegen

to get cold feet

Türkçe: ayakları geri geri gitmek

Noun
Füße Pl.
Verb
kriegen
Topic
Körper und Gesundheit

In a sentence

Der Fallschirmspringer bekommt in letzter Sekunde kalte Füße.

How it is used

Idiom meaning 'to get cold feet'. Colloquial register. Use when someone backs out nervously, e.g., before a wedding or exam. 'Kriegen' is more informal than 'bekommen'.

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