Slowly but surely

Posted by R. Berg December 17, 2002In reply to What is the origin of these phrases? posted by APlusC on December 17, 2002

1) Sleeping with the fishes

2) The last Ssraw

3) Slowly but surely

"Slowly but surely" describes the tortoise's progress in some (not all) translations of Aesop's fable "The Hare and the Tortoise."