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snail's pace

–noun
an extremely slow rate: The work progresses at a snail's pace.

Origin:
1400–50; late ME
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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]

The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
Copyright © 1997. Published by Houghton Mifflin.
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