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watched BrE /wɒtʃt/
NAmE /wɑːtʃt, wɔːtʃt/
●a watched pot never ˈboils (saying) used to say that when you are impatient for sth to happen, it seems to take longer 守着水壶水难开；盼得越切，来得越迟◆Looking out of the window won’t make him arrive any quicker! Don’t you know that a watched pot never boils?
你就是望着窗外，他也是该什么时候来就什么时候来。你不知道“越着急越觉得慢吗”？ |