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slow off the mark
Language:
Meanings:
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British English
International
informal
neutral
Late to begin acting or responding; slow to take the initial steps required in a situation.
Slower than others to seize an opportunity or to react when action is required.
Examples:
EN:
- EPA was slow off the mark, granted.
ES:
- La APA fue lenta, se los reconozco.
EN:
He really is a bit slow off the mark, isn't he?
ES:
Es un poco lento, ¿cierto?
EN:
But, like the golf cart, it's a bit slow off the mark.
ES:
Pero, como el carrito de golf, tarda un poco en llegar a la meta.
EN:
- Or just slow off the mark.
ES:
O solo tarda un poco en llegar a la meta.
EN:
A little slow off the mark for you, Father.
ES:
Un poco lento de su parte, padre.
EN:
For a man we know is looking for a wife, he's been slow off the mark.
ES:
Para un hombre del que sabemos que esta buscando esposa, se lo está tomando despacio.
EN:
Our cheetahs have been slow off the mark, but I've got a plan to get them flying.
ES:
Los guepardos fueron lentos. Pero tengo un plan para hacerlos volar.
EN:
Well, it's lucky you were slow off the mark.
ES:
Bueno, es una suerte que fueras detrás del promedio
EN:
Wasn't old Clive a little bit slow off the mark with Dobson's cows?
ES:
¿A Clive no le costó un poco... intimar con las vacas de Dobson?
EN:
During the global scramble to secure vaccines, many countries in Asia-Pacific were slow off the mark.
HI:
टीकों को सुरक्षित करने के लिए वैश्विक हाथापाई के दौरान, एशिया-प्रशांत के कई देश निशान से धीमे थे।
EN:
(CNN) During the global scramble to secure vaccines, many countries in Asia-Pacific were slow off the mark.
HI:
टीकों को सुरक्षित करने के लिए वैश्विक हाथापाई के दौरान, एशिया-प्रशांत के कई देश निशान से धीमे थे।
EN:
'We were definitely too slow off the mark today, and can't afford to let
HI:
आज ही छोड़ दे उंगली चटकाना, नहीं पड़ सकता है महंगा
EN:
Your people seem to have been at bit slow off the mark last night.
ES:
Al parecer su gente estuvo algo lenta anoche.
EN:
I mean, they were slow off the mark for a start.
ES:
Desde el arranque fueron lentos.
EN:
Sure, we've been a little slow off the mark. But dumb bums, we ain't.
ES:
Claro que ahora somos un poco lentos, pero no somos tontos.
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