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The meaning and origin of the expression: Cold feet. Cold feet. Meaning. To 'get cold feet' is to become disheartened or timid, losing one's previous enthusiasm or courage. Origin. Why this term was coined isn't at all clear. On the face of it there doesn't seem to be any obvious connection with the literal meaning of cold feet and the meaning of the phrase. There are a couple of citations of the phrase from 1896, including this from Stephen Crane's novel Maggie, a girl of the streets, 1896:
Cold feet are one of the most common complaints in the vascular clinic. Many people feel that their feet are cold. In some cold feet are present all the time. In others the feet become cold in response to various situations. For vascular medicine doctors this complaint can be confusing.