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- 13-Nov-2006, 22:42 #1
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bored witless? hi,
what does 'bored witless' mean?
- 13-Nov-2006, 22:49 #2
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Teacher Re: bored witless? just a guess...utterly/completely bored...?
- 14-Nov-2006, 00:50 #3
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Teacher Re: bored witless? That's right- so bored you become frustrated.
- 14-Nov-2006, 01:19 #4
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Teacher Re: bored witless? 
Bored to death!
- 14-Nov-2006, 01:31 #5
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Teacher Re: bored witless? So bored that your eyes glaze over, your breathing slows down, and someone could stick a pin in you and you wouldn't notice. So bored that an insurance seminar suddenly sounds like an exciting alternative.
BTW, in AmE, we usually say "bored senseless" or "bored silly."
- 14-Nov-2006, 01:33 #6
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Teacher Re: bored witless? Often, witless is used as a euphemism for the vulagrity, sh*tless, especially in the expression, "I was scared witless."
- 14-Nov-2006, 02:23 #7
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Re: bored witless? Or bored stupid
- 14-Nov-2006, 02:54 #8
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Teacher Re: bored witless? Bored out of your mind.
- 14-Nov-2006, 03:29 #9
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Teacher Re: bored witless? Chairman of the bored.
- 14-Nov-2006, 09:50 #10
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Threadstarter / Original Poster Re: bored witless? thanks everyone for the replies.. so it is the same as 'bored stiff'?
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