bear watching

bear watching

To warrant one's attention. Because this situation is so fluid, it bears watching over the next few hours.
See also: bear, watch
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

bear watching

to need close, attentive observation or monitoring. This problem will bear watching. This is a very serious disease, and it will bear watching for further developments.
See also: bear, watch
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
See also:
  • play cards
  • have swallowed a dictionary
  • ain’t 1
  • phased
  • phazed
  • at one's
  • at someone's
  • hit the high
  • open one’s kimono
  • gripes one’s butt
References in classic literature
"'De Ville will bear watching,' I said to myself, and I really breathed easier when I saw him go out the entrance to the circus grounds and board an electric car for down town.
Coming solely from the Ottomans, it might have signified only Ottoman hatred of Christians, and a vulgar ignorance as to genteel methods of expressing it; but coming from the Christianized, educated, politic British legation, it simply intimated that we were a sort of gentlemen and ladies who would bear watching! So the party regarded it, and were incensed accordingly.
This was the first suspicious occurrence that Tarzan had ever witnessed in connection with Gernois' actions, but he was positive that the men had left the barroom solely because Gernois had caught Tarzan's eyes upon them; then there was the persistent impression of familiarity about the stranger to further augment the ape-man's belief that here at length was something which would bear watching.
From bear watching to glacier walking, Alaska offers plenty of late-summer activities for travelers.
Highlights of the new programme range from searching for the Northern Lights, snow-shoeing and dog-sledding to ice-carving festivals, polar bear watching and Christmas markets.
While the spread will bear watching going forward, analysts do not believe it's a harbinger of a recession over the next 15 to 18 months, at least.
Be mindful of 2019 polls' economic implications' HSBC !-- -- (philstar.com) - January 10, 2019 - 4:55pm MANILA, Philippines The 2019 midterm elections in the Philippines will have "important economic implications" that bear watching, particularly possible shifts in political fault lines that may affect reforms, analysts at a global bank said.
For its part, online brokerage 2Trade Asia said firms reporting third quarter results also bear watching this week including members of the Lucio Tan group, the San Miguel group, Ayala Corporation, GT Capital, and Puregold.
The psycho-social effects of those who have witnessed the horrors of the conflict or who suffered in evacuation camps bear watching.
But other indicators in the economy that the average person probably doesn't pay much attention to also bear watching, because these ultimately impact on PiTiK, hence the wellbeing of Filipinos in general.
The Winter 2018 issue will go around the world, highlighting some spots that are in the news daily, but others that are not--but bear watching.
Yes Nicosia, it is that time of year again when people flock to the Constantia Open-air Cinema to take in the films we might have missed on the big screen or some classic films that bear watching over and over again.
Analysts at The 7: 00's Report said that for gold, three things bear watching: the dollar, interest rates and sentiment toward stocks.
"While New York health insurers remain profitable overall, several not-for-profit plans incurred losses in 2014 and bear watching going forward," Raske wrote.