A little pot boils easily.
Blood boils without fire.
A watched pot never boils.
Little kettles soon boil over.
The frog likes water, but not boiling water.
A fool bolts a door with a boiled carrot
Flies will not land on a boiling pot.
Hard-boiled eggs are wonderful when they're really done right. I bring the water to a boil, and then I put in the eggs. And then I boil them for - well, it depends on the size of the egg - maybe eight minutes.
Surgeon Maj. Reynolds: You know what you've got there, my malingering Hector? Pte. Henry Hook: No, sir. Hook's the name, sir. Surgeon Maj. Reynolds: You've got a fine glistening boil, my friend. There's one glistening boil for every soldier in Africa...
Food you will not eat you do not boil.
Boil the water and the scum will rise to the top.
It is the pot that boils but the dish that gets the credit.
The toad likes water, but not when it's boiling.
It's no use boiling your cabbage twice.
Never bolt your door with a boiled carrot.
Empty pots will never boil over.
I want to learn how to boil milk. I somehow manage to over-boil and waste it consistently.
Take heed of enemies reconciled, and of meat twice boiled.
So long as the pot is boiling, friendship will stay warm.
If the seawater were hotter we could catch boiled fish.
A boil is fine as long as it's under someone else's arm.
