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. 拖延戰術[usu sing]
He's playing a waiting game. He'll hang on as long as possible until the pressure is off. 他玩的是拖延戰術。他將盡可能地拖下去，直到壓力消除爲止。