If you watch or wait for something to get done or to happen, it seems to take forever. A proverb. Jane was nine months pregnant and Tom hovered over her anxiously. She said, "You might as well go away and play some golf. A watched pot never boils, you know!"
WATCHED POT NEVER BOILS
Meaning of WATCHED POT NEVER BOILS in English
American idioms English vocabulary. Английский словарь американских идиом. 2012