Maybe they've been biding their time.

也许他们在等待时机。

The nymphs of the periodical cicada have been biding their time.

布鲁德X蝉（一种周期蝉）的若虫为这个机会等待了很长时间。

Now it is still alive, biding its time.

现在它尚在存活，但只是时间问题。

Then you just bide your time.

是的。那你就等待时机。

He would bide his time stealthily.

他不会马上就动手，他会暗中等待一个适宜时机。

So mother just bided her time until he finally left town on business. I was 5. -Wow! -Ouch!

我母亲就静待时机，直到我父亲出差离开家。我当时5岁。-噢！-哎哟！

Her health is suffering from it, I hear, for she will bide entirely indoors.

我听说她病了，把自己关在家里不见外人。

Course I wasn't. Biding my time. Knew you'd turn up.

当然不会。拖延时间而已，我知道你会来。

So he guards her, biding his time with a good supply of bamboo.

所以他守卫着她，靠吃大量竹子打发时间。

" I like going on better than biding still. Will you soon start again? "

“我不想再待在这儿了，我要走了。你马上就走吗？”