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(1) - { a watched pot never boils } : ( ✔ )Innoffensive?
[Idiom] | "a watched pot never boils"
1: —used to mean that time passes very slowly when one is waiting for something to happen if that is the only thing one is thinking about
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# 1 - { A watched pot never boils:17980213 }
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[ "A watched pot never boils" ]
1: To wait anxiously for something to happen. It will seem to take a very long time or not at all.
* e.g., ... This strategy is doomed from the start because it is far too public: a watched pot never boils.
# 2 - { A watched pot never boils when waiting for the wolf:18496439 }
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[ "A watched pot never boils when waiting for the wolf" ]
1: When waiting for a reaction or action from an adversary (the wolf) it feels like it takes forever.
* e.g., ... - ”have you received the legal claim that we’re expecting yet?”
- ”no, I’m sorry takes forever”
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