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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 |
Arvo | | AHR-vo | Finnish |
Gunter | | - | German |
Diantha | | - | Dutch, English (Rare) |
Vasko | | - | Macedonian, Bulgarian |
Nicol | | ['nikl] | |
Vilhelm | | VEEL-helm (Finnish) | Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Finnish, Hungarian |