a paso de tortuga
- Examples
Sin embargo, todavía seguimos avanzando a paso de tortuga. | However, we are still only progressing at a snail's pace. |
Gandhi solía decir que la bondad viaja a paso de tortuga. | Gandhi said that goodness travels at a snail's pace. |
Como ven, estamos progresando a paso de tortuga. | As you can see, then, we are progressing at a snail's pace. |
Hasta el momento, las reformas se sucedieron a paso de tortuga. | So far, reform has gone at a snail's pace. |
Hasta la fecha, las reformas se aplican a paso de tortuga. | So far, reform has gone at a snail's pace. |
Van a paso de liebre y nuestras respuestas a paso de tortuga. | Their activities represent the hare, and our responses the tortoise. |
¿Reducción o quita del formato bienal, especialmente la sesión de revisión a paso de tortuga? | Shortening or scrapping the biennial format, especially the snail-like review session? |
Solo se permite una velocidad: a paso de tortuga. | Only one pace is authorised: the slowest one. |
A este punto, somos solo cinco o seis manifestantes. la policía avanza a paso de tortuga. | At this point we were only five or six protesters. |
Los taxis, camiones y coches andaban a paso de tortuga en las congestionadas calles. | Taxis, buses, and cars moved at a snail's pace through these crowded streets. |
Sin embargo, para ustedes, parece como si esto avanzara a paso de tortuga. | However to you, it may seem as though this is moving ahead at a snail's pace. |
Mientras tanto, otras reformas prometidas por la directiva del FMI están yendo a paso de tortuga. | Meanwhile, other promised IMF governance reforms appear to be slowing down. |
El poder de consumo del pueblo se eleva a paso de tortuga o efectivamente disminuye. | The consuming power of the people either rises at a snail's pace or actually goes down. |
Blossom: Bueno, a paso de tortuga. | Well, at a snail's pace. |
No cabe duda de que es preciso cambiar esto, pero no a paso de tortuga. | There is no doubt that this needs to be changed, but please not at a snail's pace. |
De esta manera, hemos podido continuar conversando más de una hora mientras circulábamos a paso de tortuga. | So, we have been able to continue talking more than one hour while we circulated slowly. |
La carga de casos es excesiva y los sumarios limitados, y el proceso se mueve a paso de tortuga. | The dockets are crowded and limited, and the process moves at a snail's pace. |
Los vacíos críticos se rellenan con transferencias manuales y procesos lentos y rígidos que cambian a paso de tortuga. | Critical gaps are filled by manual handoffs and slow, rigid processes that change at a glacial pace. |
El reconocimiento y las distinciones jurídicas entre progenitor ofensor y no ofensor se están dando a paso de tortuga. | Legal recognition and distinctions between the offending and non-offending parent are coming at a snail's pace. |
Señor Presidente, finalmente estamos progresando, sin duda a paso de tortuga, pero progresando. | Mr President, we are finally making progress – at an absolute snail’s pace, but we are making progress. |
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