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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 |
ZÜBeyde | | - | Turkish |
Beatriz | | be-ah-TREETH (Spanish), be-ah-TREES (Latin American Spanish), be-a-TREES (Portuguese), be-a-TREESH (Portuguese) | Spanish, Portuguese |
Alekto | | - | Greek Mythology |
Fisher | | ['fiʃə] | |
Shalom | | sha-LOM | Hebrew |
GrÉTa | | GRAY-taw (Hungarian) | Hungarian, Icelandic |