🍽️ Bide One’s Time: Still Waters Run Deep 🌊
Ever heard the phrase “bide one’s time”? No, it’s not a convoluted instruction manual for a time-traveling clock. This gem of a cliché advises us to wait and see how things pan out—a concept that was all too familiar to our friend Robinson Crusoe. Written by Daniel Defoe in 1719, Crusoe’s realization that all he could do was wait echoes this sentiment: “We had no remedy but to wait and see.”
In England, the phrase also became closely linked with Prime Minister H. H. Asquith, affectionately nicknamed Old Wait and See. His frequent use of this response during political maneuvers around 1910 paved the way for a playful, popular song that effectively cemented his new moniker in history.
🔎 Similar Terms and Phrases:
- Patience is a virtue 🧘♂️
- All in good time ⏳
- Good things come to those who wait 🍀
- Rome wasn’t built in a day 🏛️
- Wait and see 👀
- Hold your horses 🐎
🤣 Quotes to Tickle Your Funny Bone:
- “Patience and perseverance have a magical effect before which difficulties disappear and obstacles vanish.” — John Quincy Adams
- “Never cut a tree down in the wintertime. Never make a negative decision in the low time. Never make your most important decisions when you are in your worst moods. Wait. Be patient. The storm will pass. The spring will come.” —Robert H. Schuller
📚 Recommended Reads and References:
- “Robinson Crusoe” by Daniel Defoe
- “Waiting for Godot” by Samuel Beckett
- “Patience: The Art of Peaceful Living” by Allan Lokos
- Movie: “The Terminal” — where waiting becomes an art form.
📝 Inspired by the timeless wisdom of sages and statesmen, “Bide One’s Time: Still Waters Run Deep” caters to the patient and the proactive alike, unraveling the rich tapestry of clichés built on the bedrock of waiting. May you walk away chuckling and perhaps a tad wiser.
– W. T. Wittywords, 2023
🚪 And remember, the best things in life genuinely do come to those who wait!
