C1idiomformaltimeIELTS-friendly
bide your time
USUK
to wait patiently for the right moment to act
Slightly formal. The past tense is 'bided'. It usually suggests a plan: you wait because you expect to win later.
In context
She bided her time for two years before asking for a promotion.
Bide your time until the market improves, and then sell.
More idioms about time
- a blast from the pastsomething or someone that suddenly reminds you of an earlier time
- a long time comingif something is a long time coming, people have waited a long time for it
- a matter of timecertain to happen, although you do not know exactly when
- a race against timea situation where you must hurry to finish before time runs out
- a sign of the timessomething that shows how society is now, often in a bad way