牛うしの歩あゆみ

う

し

の

あ

ゆ

み

Meanings

1

snail's pace; very slow progress

Idiomatic expression literally meaning 'ox walk', used to describe something that moves or progresses extremely slowly.

歩あゆ

み

だ

。

His work progresses at a snail's pace.

交こう渉しょうは牛うしの歩あゆみのように遅ち々ちとして進すすまない。

The negotiations are making painfully slow progress, like an ox's walk.