waiting game

柯林斯词典

1. N-COUNT If you play a waiting game, you deal with a situation by deliberately doing nothing, because you believe you will gain an advantage by acting later, or because you are waiting to see how other people are going to act. 拖延战术[usu sing]
He's playing a waiting game. He'll hang on as long as possible until the pressure is off. 他玩的是拖延战术。他将尽可能地拖下去，直到压力消除为止。