if you wait for something to happen it takes longer
time slows down when one is waiting for something to get done
it refers to the elongation of time when one is waiting for something to happen urgently
I kept waiting for hours near my phone but there was no news from my daughter from the war zone yet because a watched pot never boils.
She kept switching onto the website to check her result all morning but I guess the university has not published it yet, a watched pot never boils.
I stopped looking at the news because a watched pot never boils
You should go to her house and ask her about her decision to marry you. Don’t wait because a watched pot never boils
I guess it is true that a watched pot never boils but how can I do anything else in this situation?
There is no origin for this idiom
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