cooling his heels

Question

It is corpse keep cryogenically frozen. So at the end of the story it says that "...he's been cooling his heels in a shed.....since 1993.-

Thank you for your help! Norma

Answer 1

Hi, Norma. Welcome to the forum.

I'm not sure what you are asking for. Do you want the translation of "cooling his heels" in Spanish or do you want to know what the expression means in English?

If it's a Spanish translation that you want, I found these in the dictionary under "heel."

1. to cool or kick one's heels (familiar) -> quedarse esperando un largo rato (wait)

2. To cool one’s heels -> (Fam.) Hacer antesala, consumirse, esperar largo tiempo

Good one Marianne. I didn't know that. - Dakie, Dec 24, 2010