bide one's time

Wait 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.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Tzivia	-	Hebrew
Rabbie	-	Scottish
Mansoor	-	Arabic
Mikey	MIE-kee	English
Storm	STORM (English)	English (Modern), Danish, Norwegian
Judikael	-	Breton