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ждать у моря погоды stresses
gen.	cool heels (Anglophile); wait in vain for something (Anglophile); wait in vain for smt. (Interex); kick one's heels; look for dead men's shoes (Counting on some advantage to which you will succeed when the present possessor is dead КГА); let grass grow under feet; wait for something; wait for the grass to grow (romashka2361); wait for a miracle to happen; be waiting for Christmas; wait in vain for (sth.); What are you waiting for? Christmas?
fig.	wait for the world to beat a path to your door (Yanick); indulge in vain hopes
Gruzovik, fig.	let grass grow under one's feet; wait for something
idiom.	wait in vain for (Yeldar Azanbayev)
inf.	whistle for a wind (key2russia)
proverb	let the grass grow under one's feet
proverb, disappr.	indulge in vain hopes; wait for to turn up
saying.	wait for life to happen (VLZ_58)
slang	be on the hook (томиться неопределённостью key2russia)
ждешь у моря погоды?
idiom.	what are you waiting for? Christmas? (Yeldar Azanbayev)
Russian thesaurus
ждать у моря погоды
idiom.	под лежачий камень вода не течёт (само по себе ничего не делается kentgrant)

ждать у моря погоды : 5 phrases in 4 subjects

General	2
Informal	1
Makarov	1
Proverb	1