| 词组 | bide one's time |
| 释义 | Idiom bide one's time Theme: PATIENCE to wait patiently.I've been biding my time for years, just waiting for a chance like this.He's not the type just to sit there and bide his time. He wants some action. bide (one's) timeTo delay some action until an ideal moment or situation reveals itself. I'm just biding my time in an office job until a tenure-track position opens up at one of the local colleges. bide one's timeWait for the opportune moment, as in The cat sat in front of the mousehole, biding its time. This phrase employs the verb to bide in the sense of "to wait for," a usage dating from about a.d. 950 and surviving mainly in this locution. bide one's time, toTo wait for the right moment to speak or take action. The verb to bide, meaning “to wait for” since about the year 950, survives today only in this cliché. Frederick W. Robertson used the expression in a sermon (1853): “They bide their time and suddenly represent themselves.” |
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