I-I'm not totally sure I'm not bailing.

我不是很确定我会不会临。

No. The case. I- I was this close to nailing it, and then my client gets scared and settles.

不，我是说那案子。我差点儿就要成功了，可我的委托人临，要求和解了。

So, the most common example of getting cold feet is just before your wedding, and this happens to a lot of men.

所以，最常见的例子就是你的婚礼前临，而这种情况发生很多男人身上。

But within a couple of weeks, he started to get cold feet.

但几个星期内，他就开始临了。

The phrasal verb chicken out has a similar meaning.

动词短语chicken out（临）也有着类似的意思。

Mary knew Tony had bought her engagement ring and was planning to propose on Valentine's Day. She just hoped he wouldn't get cold feet before then.

玛丽知道托尼给她买了订婚戒指，而且计划情人节那天向她求婚。她只是希望那之前他不会临。

To get cold feet means to become afraid about something at the last minute.

" 临" 是指事情发生前一秒害怕了。

Getting cold feet is no fun – outdoors or in conversation.

" get cold feet（临）" 或是交际中都不是件有趣的事情。

In early September, however, Peitzel got cold feet and wanted to back out.

但9月初，佩策尔临想要出。

Often she will " chicken out" -- she will not go out alone at night.

她经常临，不会夜里独自出去。

Did she get cold feet about the plan?

她对计划临了吗？

George thought that this was pretty stupid and got cold feet though because the whole reason he betrayed his brother was that he could be king and not have helpless Henry again.

乔治认为这样做很愚蠢，临了，因为他背叛弟弟的全部原因是觉得他可以成为国王，而不再是无助的亨利。

In April, Elon Musk agreed to buy Twitter for $44 billion. But within a couple of weeks, he started to get cold feet.

今年4月，埃隆·马斯克同意以440亿美元收购推特。但几周后，他开始临。

'To get cold feet' means to feel uncertain about something that was planned and decide not to do it.

“脚冷”是说对于已计划的事情感到不确定，于是临了。

You're just being nice. But I am getting cold feet. I don't know if I am good enough.

你真好。但是我临了。（getting cold feet）我不知道自己是否足够好。

I wanted to bid at the auction but at the last minute, I got cold feet.

我想拍卖会上出价，但最后一刻，我临了。

If you chicken out, you decide not to do something because you are too scared.

如果你临，你决定不去做某事因为你害怕。

But the night before his business is to open, Sam gets cold feet.

但是开业的前一晚，山姆临（get cold feet）了。

Well, I hate to break it to you, but it's a little late for cold feet.

我不得不提醒你啊，临已经晚了。

So when you get cold feet about something, usually you begin to hesitate about it, you know you're no longer sure whether you really want to do it or not.

因此，当你临的时候，通常你会开始犹豫，你不再确定你是否真的想做还是不做。