Waiting game
01
待ちのゲーム, 待ちの戦略
a strategy in which one deliberately refrains from taking any action in order to gain advantage later on
Idiom
Informal
例
Although most people were relieved that the waiting game was over, the first days and nights were nerve-racking.
ほとんどの人が待ちゲームが終わってほっとしたものの、最初の数日間は神経をすり減らすような日々だった。
Lucy only wished that she could have more of the patience required to play a waiting game.
ルーシーは、待ちのゲームをプレイするために必要な忍耐力をもっと持てたらと願っただけだった。
