B2idiomtime
Rome wasn't built in a day
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great things need time and patience
Said to encourage patience. The formal version is 'Rome was not built in a day'. It is a proverb, so it can sound like a cliché in an IELTS answer.
In context
Do not worry about your English yet. Rome wasn't built in a day.
It took years to win loyal customers for the café. Rome wasn't built in a day, Lan.
More idioms about time
- a blast from the pastsomething or someone that suddenly reminds you of an earlier time
- a long time comingif something is a long time coming, people have waited a long time for it
- a matter of timecertain to happen, although you do not know exactly when
- a race against timea situation where you must hurry to finish before time runs out
- a sign of the timessomething that shows how society is now, often in a bad way