idioms using “slow”

Slow on the uptake

To be late to understand something

“Your joke was funny; I’m just a little slow on the uptake today.”

Slow news day

Suggestion that nothing newsworthy happened, so trivial topics make the news

“The TV news featured the kindergarten sports day? It must have been a slow news day.”

Do a slow burn

To slowly become angry or to seethe

“Sato-san doesn’t show his anger easily; he tends to do a slow burn and then speak quietly afterward.”

Slow off the mark

To start sluggishly

“We were supposed to finish in three months, but we were slow off the mark so we’ll need five months to finish now.”

Slow food

Unprocessed and mostly organic food

“A new trend is slow food; it is the opposite of the fast food movement. The idea is to linger over real food, not eat food out of a bag.”