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  • Hi this is Tutor Nick P and this is Idioms 254. The idiom today is at a

  • snail's pace. Okay. Let's take a look at note. We can also hear this idiom

  • rephrased as at a snail's gallop. So you could say at a snail's pace or at a

  • snail's gallop. Personally, I think at a snail's pace is the more common one. But

  • you could hear both and both are correct. Let's continue. If someone moves or does

  • something at a snail's pace, he or she does it very slowly. Okay.

  • Of course, the meaning alludes to the idea that snails, real snails you know,

  • the real creature. Snails do in fact move at a very slow rate. So they move at a

  • very slow speed. They move at a very slow pace. Yeah so snails move really, really

  • slow. Almost like in slow motion. All right. So let's continue. All right. We've

  • got three examples to cover this. How long have they been working on this road ?

  • These construction workers really move at a snail's pace. Okay. So that's the

  • first example. Again, we often say somebody moves at a snail's pace meaning

  • they're moving very slowly. Something is taking way, way too long. Okay. Let's look

  • at example number two here. Congress has been trying to get that bill passed for

  • months. They really do move at a snail's pace. They really do move very slowly.

  • Yeah. We've often heard people say something like that. Or number three. The

  • third example. This traffic is unbelievable. We will never get there on

  • time if we are forced to move at a snail's pace. Yeah. So this, this must be

  • traffic that is crawling and it's moving very, very slowly. Okay. Anyway I hope you

  • got it. I hope it's clear. Thank you for your time.

  • Bye-bye.

Hi this is Tutor Nick P and this is Idioms 254. The idiom today is at a

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