kick your heels

kick (one's) heels

To have to idly spend a long amount of time waiting. Whenever I have a package delivered, I always end up kicking my heels at home waiting for it to arrive. Sorry to have you kicking your heels for so long—the doctor is ready to see you now.
See also: heel, kick
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

kick your heels

BRITISH or

cool your heels

COMMON If you kick your heels or cool your heels, you wait somewhere with nothing to do. I was left to kick my heels for forty-five minutes on my own waiting for other heads of government to turn up. A team of 60 UN weapons inspectors and aides have been cooling their heels in Bahrain for almost a week.
See also: heel, kick
Collins COBUILD Idioms Dictionary, 3rd ed.

kick your ˈheels

(British English, informal) have nothing to do while you are waiting for something: I’ve been kicking my heels here for an hour, waiting for the passport office to open.
See also: heel, kick
Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary
See also:
  • kick (one's) heels
  • wait for the next wave
  • wait in the wings
  • waiting in the wings
  • wait
  • wait around
  • happen
  • wait on
  • wait on (someone or something)
  • waiting
References in periodicals archive
Well, it is National Pet Month, so the only thing to do is kick your heels up and feel the wind in your ears, right?
"It's toughest when you're walking down stairs, so kick your heels out a little at every step so they don't drag," Bella spills.
EVER had to kick your heels off and drive barefoot because it's too hard to work the pedals?