Anyway, it seems like there might really be some sleet today, so I thought it would be a good time to look at some idioms to do with the cold.
1 - To get cold feet:
To get nervous or frightened about doing something. We often use it when someone suddenly panics about something they had previously arranged to do.
For example, a couple have arranged to get married. Then before the wedding, the prospective bride talks about postponing the wedding for a while. Her fiancée might say, “Why are you getting cold feet?”
2 - To give someone the cold shoulder:To get nervous or frightened about doing something. We often use it when someone suddenly panics about something they had previously arranged to do.
For example, a couple have arranged to get married. Then before the wedding, the prospective bride talks about postponing the wedding for a while. Her fiancée might say, “Why are you getting cold feet?”
To ignore someone or to treat them without
warmth.
For example, a man forgets his wife’s birthday. Then his wife gives him the cold shoulder for a few days.
(Why are all the examples I think of about marital strife?)
For example, a man forgets his wife’s birthday. Then his wife gives him the cold shoulder for a few days.
(Why are all the examples I think of about marital strife?)
3 - To go cold turkey:
To attempt to come off a substance you are addicted to by suddenly avoiding it completely, rather than reducing your contact with it slowly.
For example, the friend of an alcoholic might say to him, “The only way you can beat your addiction is to go cold turkey. You have to avoid alcohol altogether.”
To attempt to come off a substance you are addicted to by suddenly avoiding it completely, rather than reducing your contact with it slowly.
For example, the friend of an alcoholic might say to him, “The only way you can beat your addiction is to go cold turkey. You have to avoid alcohol altogether.”
Vocabulary:
sleet – Watery snow; half-frozen rain.a prospective (bride) – A prospective bride is someone who will become a bride soon, or looks likely to. A prospective buyer is someone who looks likely to buy something.
to postpone something – To delay something;
to set back the planned time that an event will happen.
strife – Conflict; trouble.to be addicted to something – To be unable to stay away from or avoid something because you have gotten so used to it. Many people are addicted to cigarettes and coffee.
an alcoholic – Someone who is addicted to alcohol.
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