Dictionary of Phrase and Fable—D

Dead Men's Shoes

Waiting for dead men's shoes. Looking out for legacies; looking to stand in the place of some moneyed man when he is dead and buried.

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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