Kick One's Heels Meaning
(idiomatic) To wait; to wait impatiently or restlessly.
Example: Used other than as an idiom: see kick,‎ heels.
The restless boy kicked his heels against the chair legs.
The dancer kicked her heels as high as her shoulders.
1830, The Edinburgh Literary Journal, Volume 1, page 231:
[…] whether, in one single instance, any individual has been obliged to kick his heels in the lobby even for one minute, and whether the order was not instantly granted ?
1893, Robert Louis Stevenson, Catriona, Dedication: To Charles Baxter:
It is the fate of sequels to disappoint those who have waited for them; and my David, having been left to kick his heels for more than a lustre in the British Linen Company’s office, must expect his late re-appearance to be greeted with hoots, if not with missiles.
1999, Denis Diderot, David Coward (translator), Jacques the Fatalist, page 37:
[…] the older fathers were left to kick their heels in their empty booths, which made them very cross...
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