Feet

maggie

Situational Dialogue 1
A: She got cold feet before her wedding.
B: It’s been kind of a long day for her fiancé.
(get cold feet指一个人因为某些事情而过度紧张，吓得两腿发软，以致于有临阵退缩的意图。e.g. I’m getting cold feet. Someone please help me.)

Situational Dialogue 2
A: I’m a new member. I don’t familiar with the rules.
B: Jump in and get your feet wet.
(get one’s feet wet的意思是“参与，开始做”，与中文里的“涉足”或“下海”寓意相同，表示初尝某事。)

Situational Dialogue 3
A: Mom, can you lend me some money?
B: You should stand on your own feet.
(stand on one’s own feet意思是“自立，独立”。)

Complement:
get off on the wrong foot一开始就很不顺利；开始就乱了步骤
I got off on the wrong foot with the new project.