牛うしの歩あゆみ

expression, noun

snail's pace; very slow progress

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

• 彼かれの仕し事ごとは牛うしの歩あゆみだ。

  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.