a watched pot never boils

There's no word on whether the researchers are now turning their attention to the question of why a watched pot never boils.

An old English proverb observes that a watched pot never boils.

I have often heard it said that a watched pot never boils; and there certainly was no lack of watchers in this case.

"A watched pot never boils," she said, nodding at the kettle on the stove.

"A watched pot never boils," she told Tom.

"A watched pot never boils; whistle a happy tune," observed Goodgubf.

A watched pot never boils, but . . . He looked up at the trio of clocks floating in space above the hidden port-side door.

It is said that a watched pot never boils, and that the main cause of impotence is the fear of impotence.

"Everywhere you look around the globe, the President's approach has been the reverse of the adage that a watched pot never boils," Mr. Dole's press secretary, Nelson Warfield, said.