bide your time, 等待良机

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bide your time,  to wait until the right moment to do something
• 等待良机:
»They are stronger than us and can afford to bide their time.
他们比我们有实力，可以耐心等待时机。
He is biding his time [=waiting for the right opportunity] before asking his parents for a loan.
他正在等待时机[=等待合适的机会]，以向父母借款。
She’s just biding her time until the right job comes along.
她还在等待看有没有合适的工作。

bide
\ˈbīd\ verb
(bode \ˈbōd\ ; or bided \ˈbīdə̇d\ ; also bade \ˈbad, ˈbaa(ə)d\ ; or archaic bad ; bided or archaic bid or biden or bidden ; biding ; bides)
Etymology: Middle English biden, from Old English bīdan; akin to Old High German bītan to wait, Old Norse bītha, Gothic beidan to wait, Latin fidere to trust, Greek peithesthai to believe, be persuaded, obey, Russian beda misfortune
intransitive verb
1. : to continue in some state or condition
< bide still until you feel better >
2.
a. : wait, tarry — used especially with an expression of time
  < bide yet a little >
b. of things : to await one's pleasure : be left unchanged
  < let the matter bide >
3. : abide, sojourn, dwell
< the old man still bides in the shanty though the mill has fallen to ruin >
transitive verb
1. past usually bided : to wait for
< their ready answer suggested that they had long bided that demand >
— now used chiefly in the phrase bide one's time
2. archaic : to encounter and resist : withstand, face
< the ships that bide the storm >
3. now chiefly dialect : to put up with : tolerate, endure
< couldn't bide children on his place — J.W.Riley >
< aggregated power does not readily bide legal restraints — M.O.Hudson >
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