chicken out
phrasal verbchicken out (of something/of doing something)
- (informal) to decide not to do something because you are afraid
因害怕而放弃;临阵退缩;胆怯 - You’re not going to chicken out, are you?
你不会临阵退缩吧? - Kim put my name down for a sponsored parachute jump but I chickened out at the last moment.
金把我的名字写在赞助跳伞上,但我在最后一刻退缩了。
- You’re not going to chicken out, are you?