bear repeating
bear repeating — idiom
1. said about a fact, statement, or piece of advice that is so important or true th
said about a fact, statement, or piece of advice that is so important or true that people should hear it more than once for it to be fully understood or remembered
The park ranger's warning about mountain lions bears repeating every spring when hikers return.
pattern: [warning] bears repeating
Adisa's advice bears repeating: drink water before you feel thirsty, not after.
pattern: [advice] bears repeating
This simple safety rule bears repeating: never leave a lit candle unattended in any room.
Grandmother's proverb bears repeating: a stitch in time saves nine.
- be worth mentioning again
more common in everyday conversation, less formal in tone
- merit repetition
more formal, typically used in academic or professional writing
- deserve to be repeated
neutral, interchangeable in most contexts
文法句型
[statement/warning/advice] bears repeating
用法筆記
This expression is almost always used in the third person with an impersonal subject. The subject must be the thing that is worth repeating (a warning, rule, fact, or piece of advice), not the person who said it.