1.It takes more than one cold day for the river to freeze three feet deep -- the trouble has been brewing for quite some time.
2.This unpleasant situation is not brewed in a day.
3.This has not come about overnight.
4.A high building, a low foundation.
5.A:still waters run deeP ,my friend.well,buying a gift now is like closeing the gate after the horse has bolted.
6.Rome was not built in a day.---- Proverb.
