kick one's heels | Idiomator

Meaning: (idiomatic)Towait; to waitimpatientlyorrestlessly.1830,The Edinburgh Literary Journal, volume 1,page231:[…]whether, in one single instance, any individual has been obliged tokick his heelsin the lobbyeven 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 tokick his heelsfor 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, translated by David Coward,Jacques the Fatalist,page37:[…]the older fathers were left tokick their heelsin their empty booths, which made them very cross...; Used other than figuratively or idiomatically:seekick,‎heels.The restless boykicked his heelsagainst the chair legs.The dancerkicked her heelsas high as her shoulders.

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