Indicates a personal perception of time passing slowly, often due to boredom or waiting.

Subjective Feeling

Commonly used to express frustration or impatience with how slow things are moving.

Negative Emotion

Time itself doesn't change speed; 'drag by' is figurative, describing one's feeling about time's passage.

Highlights physical effort; there's a struggle in moving something against resistance.

Easily create a mental picture of the action. It suggests strain and difficulty in the process.

Implies that the object or person being dragged is not moving willingly or easily.