| 单词 | a watched pot never boils |
| 释义 | Idioms and Phrases with A watched pot never boilswatched pot never boils, a Anxious waiting does not speed up matters, as in Stop running downstairs for every mail delivery—a watched pot never boils, you know. This hyperbolic adage reflects the experience of anyone who has ever been in a hurry to bring water to a boil, which eventually occurs but can seem to take forever. [Mid-1800s] The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. A watched pot never boilsSomething we wait for with impatient attention seems to take forever. Words nearby A watched pot never boilsawardee, award wage, aware, awareness, awash, A watched pot never boils, awato, away, awayday, away goal, away-going crop The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition Copyright © 2005 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved. |
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