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a watched kettle never boils
a watched kettle never boils
If you are waiting for something to happen, obsessively checking it does not make it happen faster. A variation on the more common phrase, "a watched pot never boils." Would you stop refreshing the page? The results will be posted soon enough, and a watched kettle never boils!
Common Names:
Name | Gender | Pronounced | Usage |
HÓLmgeirr | | - | Ancient Scandinavian |
Egil | | - | Swedish, Norwegian, Danish |
Eos | | e-aws (Ancient Greek), EE-aws (English) | Greek Mythology |
Esmond | | EZ-mənd | English (Rare) |
Hopcyn | | - | Welsh |
Mathilda | | mə-TIL-də (English, Swedish) | English, Swedish, Ancient Germanic |