at a snail's pace

(informal) you can't make this stuff up, you couldn't make it up

(figuratively) to make one's debut, to take one's first steps (somewhere)

comparisons don't prove anything / one shouldn't compare things that aren't comparable; it's not the same

not to refuse

(informal) all right so far, OK, why not?, I can let it pass, that I can tolerate, ... is one thing (but...) (used to say that the first option is (barely) tolerable, but that the second is too much)

(figuratively, informal) not to mince words (to speak abruptly, frankly)

(idiomatic) it's nothing to write home about

no news is good news

I don't speak English