bored witless?

[BobK]

Originally Posted by light

thanks everyone for the replies.. so it is the same as 'bored stiff'?

Another alternative is 'bored out of your skull'

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[curmudgeon]

Originally Posted by light

thanks everyone for the replies.. so it is the same as 'bored stiff'?

Originally Posted by Avalon

Bored to death!

same thing, Bored rigid

[RonBee]

The expression I am familiar with is:

bored to tears

~R

[Johnny]

as a whole, all of them mean someone is so bored that nothing could get his attention?

[BobK]

Originally Posted by Johnny

as a whole, all of them mean someone is so bored that nothing could get his attention?

Think of a 50-slide Powerpoint presentation last thing on a Friday, on a hot summer afternoon when the air-conditioning has broken down.

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[RonBee]

Originally Posted by Johnny

as a whole, all of them mean someone is so bored that nothing could get his attention?

Not exactly. It is probably the situation that he would rather be doing anything else but that he has little choice but to continue doing what he is doing. He might be at work or he might be at school and he has to be there. He would like to do something else, but he can't. (He doesn't want to get fired, for example.)

(What is boring is rather subjective. If you have seen or done the same thing several times it might be boring, but if it is new it is more likely to hold your attention.)

~R

[curmudgeon]

Originally Posted by BobK

Think of a 50-slide Powerpoint presentation last thing on a Friday, on a hot summer afternoon when the air-conditioning has broken down.
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I can identify with that! never have a meeting of any description on a Friday afternoon.