snail's pace

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Noun

snail's pace

1. (informal) A very slow pace.

   My grandmother drives her car at a snail's pace.

Related terms

• slow as molasses
• slow as molasses in January
• slow as a snail
• walking pace

Translations

• French: à pas de tortue /tortoise pace/
• German: Schneckentempo
• Italian: passo di lumaca

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