Meaning Major and important projects take time.
Usage Worldwide, but less commonly than in the past.
Example
- The new airport won't be finished for another ten years. I know Rome wasn't built in a day but that seems too long to wait.
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Idiom
Major and important projects take time.
Britain, 16th century. From a translation of Erasmus’s proverbs.
Meaning Major and important projects take time.
Usage Worldwide, but less commonly than in the past.
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