(construction, civil engineering) A pit dug to extract material (such as soil, gravel, or sand) for use at another location.

plural of borrow pit

The principle of incorporating background landscape into the composition of a garden found in traditional East Asian garden design.

To be needlessly troubled; to be overapprehensive.

(idiomatic) A period of time whose precise duration is not known but which can be expected to be quite limited, and at the end of which one's situation, benefits, or opportunities will be entirely terminated.

To acquire something by any means necessary or available.

It is not good to borrow money from anybody, lest you will lose their trust and friendship.

(idiomatic) To claim the honor of another for yourself

Alternative form of rob Peter to pay Paul