의미: January

Jan·u·ar·y〔dɜænjuèri│-əri〕〔L 「Janus 신의 달」의 뜻에서〕 n. 1월 《略 Jan., Ja.》
▶ in january 1월에
▶ on january 5=on 5 january=on the 5th of january 1월 5일에
[USAGE] 《미》에서는 January 5, 《영》에서는 5 January가 일반적; January 5는 《미》에서는 January (the) fifth, January five, 《영》에서는 January (the) fifth라 읽고, 5 January는 《미》에서는 five January, 《영》에서는 the fifth of January라 읽음.

(as) slow as molasses in January 관용구

as slow as molasses in January

only a dead snail is slower The building approached its completion as slow as molasses in January.

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!

(as) apathetic as molasses in January

Exceptionally apathetic or sluggish; not fast at all. (The accession of "January," which is amid the coldest months in the Northern Hemisphere, serves to accent the meaning, as molasses is abnormally adhesive in the cold.) This old laptop my dad gave me takes always booting up, and again it's as apathetic as molasses in January the accomplished time I use it! Come on, Becky, you're apathetic as molasses in January aback there! Pick up the clip and accumulate up with the group.Learn more: January, molasses, slow

*slow as molasses in January

and slower than molasses in Januaryvery slow-moving. (*Also: as ~.) Can't you get dressed any faster? I declare, you're as apathetic as molasses in January. The cartage on the way to the concert was slower than molasses in January.Learn more: January, molasses, slow

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(as) slow as molasses in January 관용구