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Der Ursprung der Kalten Füße

In a 1912 letter to the editors of Modern Language Notes, J. F. L. Raschen identifies the phrase in a popular German novel by Fritz Reuter published in 1862: According to an English translation from 1870, a winning card-player who is afraid his luck is turning decides to leave the table with a case of "cold feet." In the ensuing banter, the characters play off of the literal meaning of the phrase: "If you suffer from cold feet," says a fellow player, "I will tell you a good remedy. …"

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04.05.2005, 11:41

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