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cool your heels
USUK
to be made to wait somewhere for a long time
Usually someone else makes you wait: 'leave someone to cool their heels'. Slightly annoyed in tone.
In context
Our flight was delayed, so we cooled our heels in the departure lounge for five hours.
They left me to cool my heels at the embassy for most of the morning.
More idioms about travel
- a bumpy ridea difficult period with many problems
- a change of scenerytime in a new place that makes you feel fresh and different
- a flying visita very short visit
- a fork in the roada point where you must choose between two different paths or decisions
- a home away from homea place where you feel as comfortable and relaxed as in your own home