دیکشنری آنلاین تحلیلگران ( معنی فارسی watched pot never boils )

watched pot never boils

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watched pot never boils.
something that you say which means if you wait anxiously for something to happen, it seems to take a very long time.

There's no point sitting by the phone waiting for it to ring. A watched pot never boils.

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watched pot never boils
if you wait impatiently for something to happen then it will seem to take longer

“You should go and sit down rather than wait for the beans to cook. Remember that a watched pot never boils.”

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watched pot never boils
If you watch or wait for something to get done or to happen, it seems to take forever.
■ A proverb.
Jane was nine months pregnant and Tom hovered over her anxiously. She said, "You might as well go away and play some golf. A watched pot never boils, you know!"

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