snail's pace

English

Alternative forms

snail pace

Etymology

snail's + pace

Noun

snail's pace

(informal) A very slow pace.
My grandmother drives her car at a snail's pace.

Related terms

Translations

a very slow pace

Danish: sneglefart c
Dutch: slakkengang (nl)
Finnish: etanan vauhti
German: Schneckentempo (de) n
Italian: passo di lumaca m

Norwegian:
Bokmål: sneglefart m
Russian: черепаший темп m /tortoise pace/
Swedish: snigelfart c

Anagrams

Pascalines, Plaisances, Plasencias, apsaclines, plaisances, snail paces, spalacines

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