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
Hersilia	-	Roman Mythology
Ashley	ASH-lee	English
Dora	DAWR-ə (English), DO-rah (Croatian, Serbian)	English, Dutch, Spanish, Greek, Croatian, Serbian
Semyon	sye-MYON, see-MYON	Russian
Innocent	IN-ə-sənt (English)	History
Monat	-	Irish