que es 'un vida de caracoles'?

Question

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Yo no se si a veces les envidio la vida de caracoles que hacen, esa vida anonima, sordida, sin un fin, sin una inquietud como no sea la de un vencimiento.

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Answer 1

la vida de caracoles = the life of snails

Answer 2

snail's life

I don't know if I envy sometimes the snail's life they do, that anonymous and sordid life, without a goal, without a preocupation which is not the one of a deadline.