❶be irresolute and passive; be overcautious(/timid/hesitant); shrink from doing sth; shrink back in apprehension; ❷shrink with cold; be huddled up with cold ❍ 叫你们冷得～的，心里过不去。(周立波《山乡巨变》302) I should feel uncomfortable if you were all huddled up with cold.
缩手缩脚
be irresolute and passive;shrink back in apprehension;be overcautious;timid
缩手缩脚suō shǒu suō jiǎo
形容做事胆小，顾虑多，放不开手脚。be overcautious, shrink back in apprehension, shrink from doing sth., become irresolute and passive