топтаться на месте(She had met plenty of lazy professionals in her time, people content to mark time until retirement, but none of them had still been athletic in their mid forties.)
кантоваться(VLZ_58); топтаться на месте(ничего не предпринимать: Sergeant Timothy ordered his platoon soldiers to mark time as a punishment. == Сержант Тимоти приказал своим солдатам в качестве наказания маршировать на месте.)