🗒️ Idiom: Go at a Snail’s Pace
💬 Meaning
- Move or progress very slowly.
- Used to describe tasks, projects, or processes that take much longer than expected.
🧠 Example Sentences
- The approval process is going at a snail’s pace; we’ve been waiting for weeks.
- Our internet connection was so slow yesterday that file uploads went at a snail’s pace.
- The project moved at a snail’s pace because no one wanted to make decisions.
🏛️ Origin
The expression comes from the image of a snail, one of the slowest creatures in nature. It has been used in English since the 16th century to describe something that moves very slowly. People use it now as a metaphor for delays in business, government, or any slow process.
📝 Practice Exercises
1. Fill in the blank:
Our product launch is moving __________ because of all the last-minute changes.
Answer
at a snail’s pace
2. Choose the correct meaning:
What does “going at a snail’s pace” mean?
a) Working very quickly
b) Moving extremely slowly
c) Finishing before the deadline
Answer
b) Moving extremely slowly
3. Rewrite the sentence using the idiom:
“The report is progressing very slowly.”
Answer
The report is going at a snail’s pace.
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