📚 A watched pot never boils, phrase. ❓ Definition (proverb): Time seems to drag endlessly when you're waiting for something to happen. ❗️ Examples: 1. Another way of putting it is: a watched pot never boils. 2. They say a watched pot never boils, so you might want to do something else at this point. 3. ‘Um, I hate to sound cliché, but I thought a watched pot never boils,’ Rachel said with interest. 4. While you're waiting (because a watched pot never boils, you know!) go outside and cut the culprits down to their crowns. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 🌀 @cambridge_dic