例句-9: Peter told his wife that this time he was really going to walk in and demand a pay raise from the boss. But when he arrived at the office, he got cold feet.

這句話翻成中文的意思是："這個名字叫皮特的丈夫對自己的妻子說，這次他可一定要到他老板的辦公室去要求增加工資了?？墒?，他一到了辦公室就感到膽怯，不敢去見他的老板。"

這種臨陣脫逃的現象是很經常的。下面我們要舉的例子恐怕會引起許多聽眾的共鳴：

例句-10: I really need to get my teeth fixed, but every time I start to phone the dentist, I think about the sound of that drill and right away I get cold feet.

這個人說："我實在應該去牙大夫那兒看牙了。但是，每當我拿起電話想和大夫預約的時候，我就好像聽到那鉆牙的聲音，一下子，我就害怕起來了。"

來源:可可英語 http://www.ccdyzl.cn/kouyu/201003/100020.shtml