Idiom: bore someone to death
Definition
Idiom: bore someone to death
- to not be interesting
- to be very boring to someone
Example sentences
— The movie bored me to death so I fell asleep in the theater.
— Our new roommate bores us to death with her long stories about her friends back home.
— I'm going to slip out to get coffee—this presentation is boring me to death.
— Everyone was bored to death at the last company picnic so no one wants to go this year.
— How could you be bored to death at an amusement park?
— My date was gorgeous but she honestly bored me to death and I ended the night early.
— You're boring me to death with your complaints about work.
— Let's go home. The kids look bored to death.
— I've downloaded lots of games and movies to my iPad so my son won't be bored to death during the 14-hour flight.
— I'm bored to death at home during lockdown. When will they find a vaccine for Coronavirus?
— High school bored me to death. It was so easy and the teachers had zero energy.
— Everyone loved Harry Potter but the first book bored me to death and I refused to read the others.
— My grandfather always tells the same stories from when he was the quarterback of his high school football team and it bores everyone to death.
Synonyms
- bored stiff
- bored to tears
- bore the pants off
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