slow as a snail
Tortoise would win
Slow as a snail describes extremely slow movement or progress.
Snails are proverbially sluggish creatures, making them a natural comparison for anything moving at a crawl: Traffic was slow as a snail through the construction zone.
The phrase often carries mild exasperation or humor about frustrating delays.
- dawdlingLeisurely time-wasting
- sluggishSlow and inactive
- crawlingMoving on hands, knees
- slowpokeUnhurried, frustratingly so
- lethargicLacking energy or alertness
moving at a crawl · plodding · lagging · tortoise · slothful · unhurried · taking one's time · creep · torpid · procrastination · delaying · dragging one's feet · traffic jam · watching paint dry · ambling · patience · molasses · manatee
- Animal Idiomsblind as a bat, brave as a lion, busy bee, copycat, dark horse
slow as a snailquick as a flash
Extremely fast, immediate
lightning-fast · speedy · like a bat out of hell · rapid · fleet-footed
slow as a snailefficient
Productive without waste
on the ball · prompt · expeditious · streamlined · snappy
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