To “get cold feet” means to be nervous or anxious about an upcoming event. People often get cold feet at weddings.
“Never go to a wedding in the winter. Someone always gets cold feet” was printed in the book Dad Jokes Holiday Edition: Yule Love Them! (2019) by Jimmy Niro. “Never go to a wedding in the winter. Someone always gets cold feet” was posted on Twitter by Shannon Hughes Hautamaki on December 20, 2020. “NEVER PLAN A WEDDING IN THE WINTER. SOMEONE ALWAYS GETS COLD FEET” was posted on Facebook by Indian Hills Community Sign on January 15, 2023.
“Why did the cannibal leave the restaurant?”/“Because he got cold feet” is another “cold feet” joke.
Wikipedia: Cold feet
Cold feet is a phrase that refers to a person not going through with an action, particularly one which requires long term commitment, due to fear, uncertainty, and doubt. A person is said to be “getting cold feet” when, after previously committing to a plan, they ultimately do not carry out the planned course of action.
Google Books
Dad Jokes Holiday Edition:
Yule Love Them!
By Jimmy Niro
Naperville, IL: Sourcebooks
2019
Never go to a wedding in the winter. Someone always gets cold feet.
Twitter
Shannon Hughes Hautamaki
@SMHred
Never go to a wedding in the winter. Someone always gets cold feet.
9:39 AM · Dec 20, 2020
Twitter
Sage Griffin (parody) 🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈
@sgrif
Never go to a wedding in the winter. Someone always gets cold feet.
11:22 AM · Jan 30, 2021
Twitter
David Broussard | Driving Digital Employee Exp
@dbroussa
Never go to a wedding in cold weather.
Someone always gets cold feet
12:10 PM · Jan 30, 2021
Twitter
Glen
@GlenOfSteel
Never go to a wedding in the winter up north. Someone always gets cold feet.
12:28 PM · Feb 1, 2021
Facebook
Indian Hills Community Sign
January 15, 2023 at 4:34 PM ·
(The following text is shown on a sign.—ed.)
NEVER PLAN A
WEDDING IN
THE WINTER
SOMEONE ALWAYS
GETS COLD FEET
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Above, John J. Fitz Gerald, from the Aug. 15, 1931, Binghamton (NY) Press, pg. 14.
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