wait for dead men's shoes



wait for dead men's shoes

To await one's inheritance (and thus anticipate another's death). Not that I'm waiting for dead men's shoes, but I'm going to get a lot of money when my grandfather dies.
See also: dead, shoe, wait

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
VickieVIK-eeEnglish
AhtiAHH-tee (Finnish) Finnish, Finnish Mythology
ÖDi-Hungarian
Nima (2)-Persian
Zapata[zə'pa:tə]
Judikael-Breton