| 单词 | slow boat to china |
| 释义 | > as lemmasslow boat to China a. slow boat to China: used to refer to or designate something that takes an excessively long time. Sometimes also used with reference to a person who is extremely slow to act. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > manner of action > slowness of action or operation > [noun] > one who or that which is slow sloweOE tarrier1382 sluggard1398 slugc1425 slugger1539 lingerer1579 snaila1593 slowcoach1828 slowpoke1847 go-slow1858 slowie1901 slow boat to China1919 swiftie1945 the world > action or operation > inaction > disinclination to act or listlessness > [noun] > sluggishness or heaviness > person sluggard1398 slugc1425 dawa1500 belly huddroun?a1513 slowbelly1526 luggard?1528 heavy arse1530 slugger1539 druggard1569 slowback1577 snaila1593 slugplum1593 druggle1611 dawdlea1764 laggard1808 doldrum1812 dawdler1818 slowcoach1828 lag-last1830 slowpoke1847 morepork1874 slob1876 slow boat to China1919 schlump1941 1919 Ocala (Florida) Evening Star 12 Sept. Judging by the way the government has handled the orders taken in Ocala, one would suppose the goods are coming by slow boat from China. 1957 Amer.-Statesman (Austin, Texas) 17 Feb. b2/4 You say there is ample airlift, but what you come up with is a slow-boat-to-China plan, under which troops would be airlifted and then their equipment would come over 30 days later. 1990 L. Persaud Butterfly in Wind 95 George..was fat and jolly and talked, walked and worked in a way that would have made a snail a front runner... We who knew him called him ‘the slow boat to China.’ 2011 S. Cone Steal these Ideas! (ed. 2) (e-book ed.) Compared to Google, mail is a slow boat to China times 100. < as lemmas |
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