Apparently, if I use a cliché, people that know me automatically assume that I’m messing it up. Just tonight I said that I was “biding time” when I was informed that the actual saying is: “buying time.” I was so certain that “biding time” was a saying; but then, I’ve also been wrong too many times to count.
So I looked it up. Sure enough, I was right this time! In fact, they are both sayings. I can buy time – As a way of delaying an event or action to gain an advantage. And I can bide time – To remain, tarry, or wait for further developments.
I feel happy and vindicated. It’s not often that I’m the one to say the cliché correctly. . .
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