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
Balfour['bælfə]
Addington['ætiŋtən]
Petko-Bulgarian, Macedonian
Bopha-Khmer
Uladzimir-Belarusian
Pat[pæt]