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Idiom: Slower than molasses going uphill in January




Idiom Definitions for 'Slower than molasses going uphill in January'

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!

American EnglishAmerican English | Contributed By: Jaye Kong | Category: Food

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