slower than molasses Idiom, Proverb

Slower than molasses going uphill in January

(USA) To move extremely slowly. Molasses drips slowly anyway but add January cold and gravity, dripping uphill would be an impossibility, thereby making the molasses move very slowly indeed!

slower than molasses

Exceptionally apathetic or sluggish; not fast at all. This old laptop my dad gave me is a allotment of junk. It's slower than molasses! Come on, Becky, you're slower than molasses aback there! Pick up the clip and accumulate up with the group.Learn more: molasses, slower

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