chafe your old pedestals for naught
Here is a dialogue from the screenplay of the movie "Mr. Turner"

Dad: I thought you was exploded. I've been down on my knees and praying you was safe.
Son: Well, you've been chafing your old pedestals for naught, Daddy. I was a hundred miles distant.

what does "you've been chafing your old pedestals for naught" mean here?

Question

chafe your old pedestals for naught
Here is a dialogue from the screenplay of the movie "Mr. Turner"

Dad: I thought you was exploded. I've been down on my knees and praying you was safe.
Son: Well, you've been chafing your old pedestals for naught, Daddy. I was a hundred miles distant.

what does "you've been chafing your old pedestals for naught" mean here?

Answer

It refers back to the fact that the old man had been down on his knees praying. It means 'making your legs sore for no reason'. 'Chafe' means to make sore by rubbing, and 'pedestals' is a figurative use of the word meaning 'legs'.

Answer

It means, "you were worrying for no reason."

Why it means that, I have no idea.

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