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| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Inaction | Cool one's heels, kick one's heels; while away the time, while away tedious hours; pass the time, fill up the time, beguile the time; talk against time; let the grass grow under one's feet; waste time; (inactive). |
Lateness | Lose an opportunity; be kept waiting, dance attendance; kick one's heels, cool one's heels; faire antichambre; wait impatiently; await; (expect); sit up, sit up at night. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
| Language | Translations for "COOL ONE'S HEELS"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | pres në këmbë. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | إنتظر زمنا طويلا. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | чакам (abide, attend, await, hang on, Tarry, wait, wait about), вися (dangle, hang, hang down, hang over, impend, loll, sag, swag, swing). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | atteindre long temps. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | várakoztatják (kick one's heels), rostokol (kick one's heels, to cool one's heels), ácsorog (kick one's heels, lounge, stand about, to cool one's heels, to loiter, to lounge, to stand about). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | oolcay one'say eelshay стоять в ожидании (kick one's heels). (various references) ostaviti nekoga da dugo čeka. (various references) vänta länge. (various references) bekletilmek (kick one's heels), ağaç olmak (kick one's heels, plant). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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