be slow on the uptake



be slow on the uptake

to be slow to understand new ideas I tried to explain the new database, but they were remarkably slow on the uptake.
See also: on, slow, uptake

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Mefodiy-Russian (Archaic)
Andon-Bulgarian, Macedonian
Ivo (1)EE-vo (German, Dutch, Italian), EE-fo (German), EE-voo (Portuguese)German, Dutch, Italian, Portuguese, Czech, Ancient Germanic
LiisaLEE:-sah (Finnish)Finnish, Estonian
ElleELEnglish (Modern)
Danica-Serbian, Croatian, Slovene, Slovak, Czech, Macedonian, English