slower than molasses
Glacially paced movement
Slower than molasses describes something or someone moving at an excruciatingly slow pace.
The comparison refers to molasses—thick, viscous syrup that pours with maddening sluggishness, especially when cold.
The fuller form slower than molasses in January emphasizes the point: This checkout line is slower than molasses.
The phrase conveys impatience or frustration with delay.
- slow as a snailExtremely leisurely in movement
- glacialOf frozen rivers
- snail-pacedMoving very slowly
- treaclyExcessively sweet or sentimental
- tardyArriving past due
at a snail's pace · languid · slothful · torpid · foot-dragging · lethargic · dawdling · glacial movement · plodding · creeping · slow motion · watching paint dry · taking forever · lagging · stalling · procrastination · syrupy · dragging one's feet
- Americanismsaluminum, fixin' to, apartment, howdy, candy
- folk sayingsproverb, adage, maxim, folk saying, old saying
- Southern dialecty'all, fixin to, bless your heart, reckon, howdy
slower than molasseslightning-fast
Extremely rapid
quick as a flash · swift · rapid · speedy · like the wind
slower than molassesinstantaneous
Happening without any delay
immediate · responsive · efficient · snappy · on the ball
slower, slowest, slowly, slowness, slowing, slowed, molasses