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Rome wasn't built in a day
- Valuable projects take time.
Idioms and Phrases
Important work takes time. This expression functions as an injunction or plea for someone to be patient. For example, You can't expect her to finish this project in the time allotted; Rome wasn't built in a day . This phrase was a French proverb in the late 1100s but was not recorded in English until 1545.Example Sentences
The Harbaugh process needs to be trusted and Rome wasn’t built in a day.
“There’s many a slip betwixt cup and lip. Rome wasn’t built in a day.”
“Rome wasn’t built in a day, but they’re doing a doggone good job, which I’m very thankful for,” tight end Logan Thomas said.
“Rome wasn’t built in a day. This league isn’t going to be built in a day,” Johnson told USA Today.
Raiders owner Mark Davis gave coach Josh McDaniel a vote of confidence, noting “Rome wasn’t built in a day.”
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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