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wait till the clouds roll by

idiom

To await more favourable circumstances.


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Related idioms8entries
  1. 01

    call roll

    To make a roll call; to take attendance.

  2. 02

    can't wait

    To eagerly anticipate; to find it hard to wait for a forthcoming pleasurable event.

  3. 03

    dice roll

    Something unpredictable or unexpected.

  4. 04

    have one's hand in the till

    To embezzle, to steal from one's place of business.

  5. 05

    heads will roll

    Some people will be fired for incompetence.

  6. 06

    hurry up and wait

    To hurry to complete a task or arrive at a destination by a specified time, only for nothing to happen, due to other requirements that have yet to be satisfied.

  7. 07

    ready to roll

    Of a person, machine, vehicle, or plan, fully prepared to begin functioning and operating.

  8. 08

    roll back the years

    To produce a sense of nostalgia.

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