not bear thinking about

not bear thinking about
Too frightening or upsetting to even contemplate.

If the train had come just 5 seconds earlier... well, it just doesnt bear thinking about!


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  • not bear thinking about — british phrase to be too shocking or unpleasant to think about ‘What will happen if they pull out now?’ ‘It really doesn’t bear thinking about.’ Thesaurus: to make someone feel shocked or surprisedsynonym Main entry: bear …   Useful english dictionary

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  • bear — 1. v. (past bore; past part. borne, born) Usage: In the passive born is used with reference to birth (e.g. was born in July), except for borne by foll. by the name of the mother (e.g. was borne by Sarah). 1 tr. carry, bring, or take (esp.… …   Useful english dictionary

  • bear — bear1 W1 [beə US ber] v past tense bore [bo: US bo:r] past participle borne [bo:n US bo:rn] [T] ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(deal with something)¦ 2 can t bear something 3 bear (something) in mind 4¦(accept/be responsible for)¦ 5¦(support)¦ 6¦(sign/mark)¦ …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • bear — 1 verb past tense bore past participle borne (T) 1 can t bear a) to dislike something or someone so much that they make you very annoyed or impatient: Oh, I can t bear that man he really irritates me! | I just can t bear that kind of selfishness …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • Brown bear — Temporal range: Late Pleistocene – Recent A Kodiak bear (U. arctos middendorffi) in Katmai National Park, Alaska Conservation status …   Wikipedia

  • Lateral thinking — is a term coined by Edward de Bono, a Maltese psychologist, physician and writer. It first appeared in the title of his book The Use of Lateral Thinking , published in 1967. De Bono defines lateral thinking as methods of thinking concerned with… …   Wikipedia

  • Brown Bear — Taxobox name = Brown Bear fossil range = Late Pleistocene Recent status = LR/lc | status system = IUCN2.3 status ref = [IUCN2006|assessors=Bear Specialist Group|year=1996|id=41688|title=Ursus arctos|downloaded=12 May 2006 ] image width = 300px… …   Wikipedia

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