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- watched pot never boils, a
watched pot never boils, a
watched 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]
Common Names:
Name | Gender | Pronounced | Usage |
Arto | | AHR-to | Finnish |
Astle | | ['æsl] | |
Jette | | YET-tə | Dutch |
Aglaea | | - | Greek Mythology (Latinized) |
Filomena | | fee-lo-ME-nah (Italian) | Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Dutch |
Haamid | | - | Arabic |