COOL ONE'S HEELS

  

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COOL ONE'S HEELS

Synonyms within Context: COOL ONE'S HEELS

ContextSynonyms 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.

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Modern Translation: COOL ONE'S HEELS

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

   

Russian 

  

стоять в ожидании (kick one's heels). (various references)

   

Serbo-Croatian

  

ostaviti nekoga da dugo čeka. (various references)

   

Swedish

  

vänta länge. (various references)

   

Turkish

  

bekletilmek (kick one's heels), ağaç olmak (kick one's heels, plant). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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