?be irresolute and passive; be overcautious(/timid/hesitant); shrink from doing sth; shrink back in apprehension; ?shrink with cold; be huddled up with cold ? 叫你們冷得～的，心里過不去。(周立波《山鄉(xiāng)巨變》302) I should feel uncomfortable if you were all huddled up with cold.
縮手縮腳
be irresolute and passive;shrink back in apprehension;be overcautious;timid
縮手縮腳suō shǒu suō jiǎo
形容做事膽小，顧慮多，放不開手腳。be overcautious, shrink back in apprehension, shrink from doing sth., become irresolute and passive