Getting Cold Feet Idiom Explanations

Jeshka: Hi, dad.

Father: Hi, Jeshka.

J: Can I ask you something?

F: Shoot.

J: Should I marry Twelf? Maybe I'm just dying to get married and I don’t care who I marry.

F: Are you having second thoughts about getting married?

J: Yeah. I'm getting cold feet about this. I'm worried I'm making a big mistake.

F: Marriage can be scary. It’s for good. If people aren’t ready for it, they can wind up getting a divorce.

J: Yeah. It’s like you can read my mind! Relationships aren’t new. Grandma and grandpa got a divorce. The same reasons people got divorced in the past are the same reasons people get divorced today. History repeats itself.

F: You're not other people. You and Twelf will have a happy life together.

J: I'm just scared. I know I should stop being a chicken. I know we have a lot in common. We both enjoy doing the same things together.

F: When I see you together, I can tell you both love each other very much. He will be a great husband and a great father. He's kind to you and everyone thinks he's a wonderful man.

J: Are you through? I know all that. Why am I still confused?

F: Deep down, you know you want to spend your life with him. 

J: You're right. It's just the wedding planning that is causing stress. Thanks, dad.

Here is some more information about the idioms:

 

SHOOT = go

"To shoot" is a verb used to talk about the action of a gun or taking pictures.

"Shoot!" is is an imperative used as an idiom. It means, "Start talking."

DYING TO DO SOMETHING = want to do something very, very much

(the vowel is exaggerated)

-I'm dyyyying to go to the party = I really want to go to the party.

-I'm staaaaaarving = I am really hungry.

-I'm freeeezing = I'm really cold.

SECOND THOUGHTS = think that your decision may not be a good one

COLD FEET = become so nervous about starting something new that you think you shouldn't do it

and other Idioms with COLD

FOR GOOD = forever

If you do something for good, it means that it is certain to be forever.

Really bad criminals can be sent to jail for good. They will stay in jail for the rest of their lives.

It is different from "for your own good". A parent might punish a child and say, "This is for your own good." It means that it might not be a pleasant action, but it is for a better life.

WIND UP = end up; finish by becoming something else

He didn't go to school. He stole money from people. He did drugs. He wound up in jail.

She studied hard. She went to a good college. She wound up with a good job.

He was a polite child. He has many friends now. He will wind up a happy old man.

READ SOMEONE'S MIND = know what someone is really thinking

In this video the man "reads" the woman's mind starting at 2:00. He is able to read her mind by watching her face and her small gestures, which she doesn't even know she's making!