som ei lus på ein tjørekost
Norwegian Nynorsk
Adverb
- (figuratively, simile) very slowly; at a snail's pace
- 1936, Duun, Olav, Samtid [The Present Age], Oslo: Norli, page 238:
- han spring som lusa på tjærakosten
- he runs at a snail's pace
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