bored witless?

[light]

hi,
what does 'bored witless' mean?

[Avalon]

just a guess...utterly/completely bored...?

[Tdol]

That's right- so bored you become frustrated.

[Avalon]

Bored to death!

[Ouisch]

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."

[mykwyner]

Often, witless is used as a euphemism for the vulagrity, sh*tless, especially in the expression, "I was scared witless."

[curmudgeon]

Or bored stupid

[Tdol]

Bored out of your mind.

[Ouisch]

Chairman of the bored.

[light]

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