snail's pace
noun
1.
an extremely slow rate:
The work progresses at a snail's pace.
Origin
1400-50;
late Middle English
Examples from the web for
snail's pace
Thoughts and speech may slow down to a
snail's pace
.
Some of us moved quickly up the side of the mountain, while others took their time and trekked at a
snail's pace
.
Higher-paid computer jobs have been added at a
snail's pace
.
But the case is grinding along at
snail's pace
, after two years of procedural wrangling.
Improvement at a
snail's pace
and chronic underachievement are inadequate and unacceptable.
Then it will creep along the track at a
snail's pace
.
Work proceeded sometimes at a
snail's pace
, demanding patience.
It travels at this
snail's pace
across the willow clearing.
The doctor's office was crowded as usual, but the doctor was moving at a
snail's pace
.
Real production and income have grown at a
snail's pace
.
British Dictionary definitions for
snail's pace
snail's pace
noun
1.
a very slow or sluggish speed or rate
Idioms and Phrases with
snail's pace
snail's pace
A very slow pace, as in
They're making progress with testing the new vaccine, but at a snail's pace
.
[
c. 1400
]