with bated breath

gyakran használt, de helytelen formája: baited breath

jelentés / meaning:

visszatartott lélegzettel (vár valamit)

 if you wait for something with bated breath, you feel very excited or anxious while you are waiting

 forrás és további kifejezések

példák / examples:

• They listened with bated breath for the announcement about the winner.
• We stood there with bated  breath while the man hung on the side of the bridge.
• We were waiting with bated breath for the prizes to be announced.
• She waited with bated breath for their host to emerge from the shadows.

emerge= felbukkan, megjelenik,

to kick one's heels

jelentése / meaning:

 tűkön ül/ idegesen és hosszasan várakozik / megvárakoztatnak valakit

 közben az ember akár tényleg a saját sarkát rugdossa türelmetlenségében

to be kept waiting

 "Let the applicants kick their heels in your hall."

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példák / examples:

• She kicked her heels for hours at the gate of the Embassy
• I was left kicking my heels for half an hour.
• The problem is that I am on time and now I have to kick my heels for 20-30 minutes.