YOU SAID:
analysts procrastinating were not as smart as an octopus flying a kite
INTO JAPANESE
先延ばしにするアナリストは、凧を飛ばすタコほど賢くはありませんでした
BACK INTO ENGLISH
Procrastination analysts weren't as smart as kite-flying octopuses
INTO JAPANESE
先延ばしのアナリストは、凧揚げのタコほど頭が良くありませんでした
BACK INTO ENGLISH
Procrastination analysts weren't as smart as kite-flying octopuses
That didn't even make that much sense in English.