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ice three feet deep

冰冻三尺 (冰凍三尺) bīng​dòng​sān​chǐ
ice three feet deep idiom
literally 'ice three feet thick'; used metaphorically to mean that a state of affairs has not come about suddenly, but is the result of long-term accumulation or development.

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