ciągnie się inglês:

(a process) drags on = takes way longer than it should

This material stretches easily.

The tree's root system stretches over thirty meters.

River Suzhou is Shanghai's "mother river"; twisting and turning, it stretches across and flows through the city center.

That exercise - backs together, link arms, one bends forwards while the other stretches their back - we did that a lot as children, didn't we?