cold feet meaning in Hindi

cold feet in SSC previous-year questions

1. SSC Steno 2026 T-1 Idioms & Phrases

   Choose the alternative which gives the correct meaning of the given idiom or phrase.
   Cold feet

   ATo enjoy winter weatherBTo have a physical ailmentCTo feel nervous or hesitantDTo have poor blood circulation
   Answer & explanation

   Answer: C) To feel nervous or hesitant

   Meaning: cold feet = a sudden loss of nerve, a nervous drawing back just before something important *(हिम्मत छूट जाना, घबरा जाना, हिचकिचाहट)*.
   It is used with get or have — *he got cold feet on the morning of the wedding*.
   Origin.
   Recorded in English from the late nineteenth century — Stephen Crane uses it in *Maggie* (1896).
   It probably comes from the German *kalte Füße bekommen*, said of a card player who leaves the table
   pleading that his feet are cold when what he really means is that he dare not bet.
   Why the others are wrong.
   • To enjoy winter weather *(सर्दी के मौसम का आनंद लेना)* — the literal reading of the words, and there is no idiom behind it; this is the standard trap in idiom qu

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Has cold feet been asked in SSC exams?

Yes – cold feet has been asked in SSC exams: SSC Steno 2026 T-1.

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