wait-and-see attitude



wait-and-see attitude

Fig. a skeptical attitude; an uncertain attitude in which someone will just wait to see what happens before reacting. John thought that Mary couldn't do it, but he took a wait-and-see attitude. His wait-and-see attitude seemed to indicate that he didn't really care what happened.
See also: attitude

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Aravind-Indian, Hindi, Marathi, Kannada, Tamil
Dionysodoros-Ancient Greek
Sosigenes-Ancient Greek
Joachimzho-a-KEEM (French), YO-ah-khim (German), yo-AH-khim (German), yaw-AH-kheem (Polish), JO-ə-kim (English)French, German, Polish, Judeo-Christian Legend
Mneme-Greek Mythology
Lois (1)LO-is (English)English, Biblical, Biblical Latin, Biblical Greek