be slow off the mark

to be slow to act or to react to an event or situation The federal government was criticized for being slow off the mark in helping towns hit by the recent hurricane.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Letha	-	English
Mitchel	['mitʃəl]
Francesca	frahn-CHES-kah (Italian)	Italian, Catalan
Glendower	-	Welsh
Burger	['bə:gə]
Amaryllis	am-ə-RIL-is (English)	Literature