| 单词 | to kick one's heels |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto kick one's heels k. British. to kick one's heels: to wait, esp. idly or impatiently; to mark time. Cf. to cool one's heels at cool v.1 Phrases 4. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > inaction > idleness, lack of occupation or activity > be idle or unoccupied [verb (intransitive)] emptyeOE to tell the clock1527 idle1668 to kick one's heels1703 twirl1777 gammer1788 to twiddle one's thumbs, or fingers1846 to make (also do) kef1852 goof1932 doss1937 to sit on one's hands1939 to bugger about ——1946 to spin one's wheels1960 1703 Myst. of Tithe-stealing 1 'Tis cold kicking our Heels here; what think ye of stepping in at the Unicorn, and taking one Pipe before Market begins? 1760 S. Foote Minor ii. 57 To let your uncle kick his heels in your hall. 1834 F. Marryat Peter Simple I. xiii. 198 I'll trouble him [not] to..leave me here kicking my heels. 1879 A. Trollope Eye for Eye I. ix. 152 He had hurried over to see a dying man, and now there was nothing for him to do but to kick his heels. 1965 Financial Times 10 May 10/3 They kicked their heels in separate jobs, but eventually decided to return to the research industry and set up their own company. 2010 J. Powell Breaking of Eggs (2011) vii. 126 What would I do now? Kick my heels in Paris? I would be bored within weeks. 2016 Courier (Dundee) 2 Jan. (Perth & Perthshire ed.) 43/1 Craigen, like the rest of the Raith players, was left kicking his heels on Boxing Day with their game against Alloa called off. < as lemmas |
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