time is on (your) side

you will do better by waiting.

Your parents think time is on their side, that you'll give up and stop asking if they wait long enough.

Because waiting is likely to bring a higher price, we believe that time is on our side.

Related vocabulary: on your side

• a poor man's something
• a poor relation
• a port of call
• a powder keg
• apple of eye
• apple of someone's eye
• apple of your eye
• apples and oranges
• a pretty kettle of fish
• a prima donna
• a prime mover
• a priori
• a prophet of doom
• a pub crawl
• a put-up job
• a Pyrrhic victory
• a quantum leap
• a queer fish
• a question mark over something
• a queue-jumper
• a quick fix
• a quick one
• a quick study
• a quid pro quo
• a race against the clock