cool one’s heels

(idiom) being forced to wait for something

Example Sentences:

Customer: I would like to buy an iPhone right now, please.
Employee: I’m sorry, but you have to cool your heels, sir. Lots of people have been waiting longer than you.

Sharon cooled her heels in a park while waiting for her boyfriend to pick her up.

A: Are you ready to go to the beach?
B: I can’t. I’m cooling my heels until my mom comes home so I can borrow her car.
A: Hurry up!

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Similar idioms:

1. cool one’s heels
2. drag one’s heels
3. get out of one’s face
4. back off