SLOW AS A DEAD SNAIL

Meaning of SLOW AS A DEAD SNAIL in English

See as slow as a dead snail

Wayne Magnuson. English idioms vocabulary. Словарь английских идиом. 2012

SLOW AS A DEAD SNAIL — (See as slow as a dead snail)
English Idioms vocab
SNAIL — helice. SNAIL'S PACE: passu de helice
English interlingue dictionary
SNAIL — I. ˈsnāl, esp before pause or consonant -āəl noun ( -s ) Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English, from Old …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
SLOW
Webster's New International English Dictionary
DEAD — I. ˈded adjective ( sometimes -er/-est ) Etymology: Middle English deed, from Old English dēad; akin to Old High German …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
AS — I. əz, (ˈ)az adverb Etymology: Middle English as, alse, alswa, adverb & conjunction, from Old English alswā, ealswā, ælswā just …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
SNAIL — (n.) Any gastropod having a general resemblance to the true snails, including fresh-water and marine species. See Pond snail, under …
Английский словарь Webster
SNAIL — (n.) Any one of numerous species of terrestrial air-breathing gastropods belonging to the genus Helix and many allied genera of …
Английский словарь Webster
SNAIL — ( n. ) Any one of numerous species of terrestrial air-breathing gastropods belonging to the genus Helix and many allied …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
SNAIL — ( n. ) Any gastropod having a general resemblance to the true snails, including fresh-water and marine species. See Pond …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
SNAIL — — snaillike , adj. /snayl/ , n. 1. any mollusk of the class Gastropoda, having a spirally coiled shell and …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
SLOW
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
DEAD — — deadness , n. /ded/ , adj., deader, deadest , n. , adv. adj. 1. no longer living; deprived of …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
AS — as 1 /az/ ; unstressed /euhz/ , adv. 1. to the same degree, amount, or extent; similarly; equally: I don't …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
SNAIL — I. ˈsnāl noun Etymology: Middle English, from Old English snægl; akin to Old High German snecko snail, snahhan to creep …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
SLOW — I. ˈslō adjective Etymology: Middle English, from Old English slāw; akin to Old High German slēo dull Date: before 12th …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
DEAD — I. ˈded adjective Etymology: Middle English deed, from Old English dēad; akin to Old Norse dauthr dead, deyja to die, …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
SNAIL — noun the pod of the sanil clover. 2. snail ·noun hence, a drone; a slow-moving person or thing. 3. snail …
Webster English vocab
SLOW
Webster English vocab
DEAD — adj bringing death; deadly. 2. dead ·adj destitute of life; inanimate; as, dead matter. 3. dead ·noun one who is …
Webster English vocab
SNAIL — [snail] n [ME, fr. OE snaegl; akin to OHG snecko snail, snahhan to creep] (bef. 12c) 1: a gastropod mollusk …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
SLOW — [slow] adj [ME, fr. OE slaw; akin to OHG sleo dull] (bef. 12c) 1 a: mentally dull: stupid "a ~ …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
DEAD — [dead] adj [ME deed, fr. OE dead; akin to ON dauthr dead, deyja to die, OHG tot dead--more at die] …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
SNAIL — snail BrE AmE sneɪ ə l ▷ snails sneɪ ə lz ▶ ˈ snail's pace BrE AmE
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
DEAD — dead BrE AmE ded ▷ deader ˈded ə AmE \ - ə r ▷ deadest ˈded ɪst -əst ▶ ˌ …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
SNAIL — / sneɪl; NAmE / noun a small soft creature with a hard round shell on its back, that moves very …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SLOW — / sləʊ; NAmE sloʊ/ adjective , adverb , verb ■ adjective ( slow·er , slow·est ) NOT FAST 1. not …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
DEAD — / ded; NAmE / adjective , noun , adverb ■ adjective NOT ALIVE 1. no longer alive : My mother's …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
AS — / əz; NAmE ; strong form æz/ preposition , adverb , conjunction ■ preposition 1. used to describe sb/sth appearing …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SNAIL — snail /sneɪl/ BrE AmE noun [countable] [ Language: Old English ; Origin: snægl ] 1 . a small soft creature …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
SLOW — I. slow 1 S2 W2 /sləʊ $ sloʊ/ BrE AmE adjective ( comparative slower , superlative slowest ) [ Language: …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
DEAD — I. dead 1 S1 W1 /ded/ BrE AmE adjective [no comparative] [ Word Family: noun : ↑ dead , ↑ …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
AS — I. as 1 S1 W1 /əz; strong æz/ BrE AmE preposition , adverb [ Language: Old English ; Origin: eallswa …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
SLOW — adj., adv., & v. --adj. 1 a taking a relatively long time to do a thing or cover a distance …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
DEAD — adj., adv., & n. --adj. 1 no longer alive. 2 colloq. extremely tired or unwell. 3 benumbed; affected by loss …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
AS — adv., conj., & pron. --adv. & conj. (adv. as antecedent in main sentence; conj. in relative clause expressed or implied) …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
SNAIL — n. any slow-moving gastropod mollusc with a spiral shell able to enclose the whole body. snail's pace a very slow …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
SLOW — adj., adv., & v. adj. 1 a taking a relatively long time to do a thing or cover a distance …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
DEAD — adj., adv., & n. adj. 1 no longer alive. 2 colloq. extremely tired or unwell. 3 benumbed; affected by loss …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
AS — adv., conj., & pron. adv. & conj. (adv. as antecedent in main sentence; conj. in relative clause expressed or implied) …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
SNAIL — n. any slow-moving gastropod mollusc with a spiral shell able to enclose the whole body. Phrases and idioms: snail's pace …
Oxford English vocab
SLOW — adj., adv., & v. --adj. 1. a taking a relatively long time to do a thing or cover a distance …
Oxford English vocab
DEAD — adj., adv., & n. --adj. 1. no longer alive. 2 colloq. extremely tired or unwell. 3 benumbed; affected by loss …
Oxford English vocab
AS — 1. adv., conj., & pron. --adv. & conj. (adv. as antecedent in main sentence; conj. in relative clause expressed or …
Oxford English vocab
AS — I. CONJUNCTION AND PREPOSITION USES /əz, STRONG æz/ Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SNAIL — ( snails) 1. A snail is a small animal with a long, soft body, no legs, and a spiral-shaped shell. …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SLOW — ( slower, slowest, slows, slowing, slowed) Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English. 1. …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
DEAD — Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English. 1. A person, animal, or plant that …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SNAIL — noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES snail mail COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS ■ NOUN shell ▪ Similarly, insects and land snail shells …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
SLOW — I. adjective COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a car slows down ▪ The car slowed down and stopped outside our house. …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
DEAD
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
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Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
SNAIL — [noun] [C] - a small thin animal that moves very slowly, eats plants and has a wet skin, no bones, …
Cambridge English vocab
SLOW — [verb]To slow is to reduce speed or activity.All the cars have to slow at the bend. [I]The traffic slowed to …
Cambridge English vocab
DEAD — (COMPLETE) [adjective] [before noun], [adverb] [not gradable] - complete(ly)The braking system enables the car to come from 100 km an …
Cambridge English vocab
SLOW
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
SLOW — adj. slow up slow down slow coach slow witted
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocab
SLOW — adj. Function: adjective 1 Synonyms: RETARDED , backward, dim-witted, dull, feebleminded, half-witted, imbecile, moronic, simple, slow-witted Related Words: limited; ||dunch …
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocab
SNAIL — n. 1. Slug. 2. Drone, idler, sluggard, laggard, slug. 3. Snail-clover, ~-trefoil ( Medicago scutellata ).
Dictionary of English Synonyms
SLOW — adjective 1. Synonyms: retarded , backward, dim-witted, dull, feebleminded, half-witted, imbecile, moronic, simple, slow-witted Related Word: limited; ||dunch 2. moving, …
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocabulary
SNAIL — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ edible ▪ aquatic , land , marine , pond , sea , water SNAIL + NOUN ▪ …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
SLOW — I. verb ADVERB ▪ considerably , dramatically , markedly , noticeably , sharply , significantly ▪ Sales have ~ed down …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
SNAIL — • ↑ at a snail's pace
Longman Activator English vocab
SLOW — INDEX: 1. moving slowly or doing something slowly 2. happening or changing slowly 3. to do something slowly 4. to …
Longman Activator English vocab

English Idioms vocabulary

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