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, for, shoe, wait

See also:

dead broke
dead men's shoes
drop dead
Drop dead!
drop-dead
dead wrong
loss
dead loss
a dead loss
#dead

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