vulture wait

Frequency: 5.54.3 per million words

Often used figuratively to describe people waiting to profit from someone else's misfortune.

vultureVULTURE + VERB

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wait

Examples (10)

  • The vultures are waiting for the bank to crash.
  • Opportunistic investors waited like vultures for the company's stock to plummet.
  • He felt like a vulture, waiting to pounce on any sign of weakness.
  • A group of reporters waited like vultures outside the politician's house.
  • They were accused of waiting like vultures to buy up distressed properties.
  • The rivals wait like vultures for their competitor to fail.
  • Don't just wait like a vulture for misfortune; offer help.
  • Seeing the lawyers wait like vultures around the grieving family was disturbing.
  • After the disaster, many profiteers waited like vultures to exploit the situation.
  • The media, often likened to vultures, will wait for any scandal to emerge.