【趣味英語】A watched pot never boils

如果你很餓，想吃泡麵，然後燒了一鍋水，盼著水趕快燒開，你會一遍又一遍地看水是不是已經開了，這個時候你會發現水好像永遠都不會燒開，所以a watched pot never boils跟中文的「心急吃不了熱豆腐」意思差不多。

例句：She kept switching onto the website to check her result all morning but I guess the university has not published it yet, a watched pot never boils.一上午她都不停地切換到那個網站檢查自己的成績，但是我想大學還沒有公布呢，心急吃不了熱豆腐啊。◇