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
Amar (2)-Bosnian
StaŠA-Serbian, Slovene, Croatian
Vytautas-Lithuanian
Franco (1)-Ancient Germanic
Theotimus-Ancient Greek (Latinized)
GotthardGAWT-hahrtGerman