Meaning of ”Chickening out”

chicken out---Be too afraid to do sth.意思係因害怕做某事而臨陣退縮,尤其指在最後一刻.例句1:I chicken out of the bungee jumping when I saw how high it was.當我見到真係甘高,我即刻打退堂鼓唔玩笨豬跳.2:My friend Joe was planning to get married for the fourth time.But at the last moment he chickened out because his first three marriages ended in divorce and he was afraid to take another chance.我的朋友祖兒原本計劃結第4次婚,但在最後一刻他竟臨陣退縮,因為之前3次婚姻都是以離婚告終,他不想再冒多一次險.

縮沙 !
因害怕而退縮 !