COOL ONE'S HEELS
cool one's heels: translation
cool one's heels
Fig. to wait (for someone); to wait for something to happen. •
I spent an hour cooling my heels in the waiting room while the doctor saw other patients.
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All right, if you can't behave properly, just sit down here and cool your heels until I call you.
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{v. phr.}, {slang} To be kept waiting by another's pride or rudeness; be forced to wait by someone in power or authority; wait. * /He cooled his heels for an hour in another room before the great man would see him./ * /I was left to cool my heels outside while the others went into the office./