slower than molasses in January
Glacially, painfully unhurried
Slower than molasses in January describes something or someone moving at an agonizingly slow pace.
Molasses, already thick and sluggish, flows even more slowly in cold weather—January being the coldest month in the American regions where the expression originated.
This paperwork is moving slower than molasses in January.
The phrase emphasizes impatience with delays.
- draggyDull and slow-moving
- glacialOf frozen rivers
- tortoise-likeResembling a shelled reptile
- snail-pacedMoving very slowly
- folk sayingsTraditional popular maxims
lethargic · crawl · laggardly · overstatement · hyperbole · syrupy · maple syrup · viscosity · dawdling · unhurried · plodding · slothful · slowpoke · dragging one's feet · watching paint dry · listless · sluggish · poky
slower than molasses in Januarylightning-fast
Extremely rapid
quick as a flash · in the blink of an eye · at breakneck speed · like a bat out of hell · swift
slower than molasses in Januaryefficient
Productive without waste
streamlined · expeditious · prompt · on the double · without delay
slow, slower, slowest, slowly, slowness, slowed, slowing, molasses, January