尻しり込ごみ

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', intransitive verb

hesitation; recoil; flinching; balking

Describes drawing back from something out of fear, reluctance, or lack of confidence. Often used with する to mean 'to hesitate' or 'to shrink back'.

• 彼かれは高たかい所ところが苦にが手てで、崖がけの上うえから下したを見みて尻しり込ごみした。

  He's not good with heights, so he hesitated when he looked down from the cliff.