Kick One's Heels Meaning

Example : Used other than as an idiom: see kick,‎ heels.  The restless boy kicked his heels against the chair legs.  The dancer kicked her heels as high as her shoulders.1830, The Edinburgh Literary Journal, Volume 1, page 231:  […] whether, in one single instance, any individual has been obliged to kick his heels in the lobby even for one minute, and whether the order was not instantly granted ?1893, Robert Louis Stevenson, Catriona, Dedication: To Charles Baxter:  It is the fate of sequels to disappoint those who have waited for them; and my David, having been left to kick his heels for more than a lustre in the British Linen Company’s office, must expect his late re-appearance to be greeted with hoots, if not with missiles.1999, Denis Diderot, David Coward (translator), Jacques the Fatalist, page 37:  […] the older fathers were left to kick their heels in their empty booths, which made them very cross...