see bore someone rigid , bore the pants off , bore the tits off , bore the arse off , bored out of your skull
bore someone rigid
to bore someone greatly
bore the arse off
to bore someone greatly
bore the pants off
to bore someone greatly:"That 8 hour seminar on nuclear physics bored the pants off me." The suffixal ..the pants off is often used as an negative intensifier,"He just mithered the pants off me all morning." Similar idiomatic intensifiers are "..the tits off" and "..the arse off".
bore the tits off
to bore someone greatly
bored out of your skull
extremely bored
die of boredom
Idiom(s): die of boredom
Theme: BOREDOM
to suffer from boredom; to be very bored. • No one has ever really died of boredom. • We sat there and listened politely, even though we almost died of boredom.
bored stiff
Idiom(s): bored stiff AND bored to death
Theme: BOREDOM
very bored. • We were all bored stiff. • I've never been so bored to death in my life.
bore sb stiff
Idiom(s): bore someone stiff AND bore someone to death
Theme: BOREDOM
to bore someone very much. (Stiff is an old slang word meaning "dead.") • The play bored me stiff. • The lecture bored everyone to death.
bored to death
Idiom(s): bored stiff AND bored to death
Theme: BOREDOM
very bored. • We were all bored stiff. • I've never been so bored to death in my life.
bore sb to death
Idiom(s): bore someone stiff AND bore someone to death
Theme: BOREDOM
to bore someone very much. (Stiff is an old slang word meaning "dead.") • The play bored me stiff. • The lecture bored everyone to death.
Full bore
If something is full bore, it involves the maximum effort or is complete and thorough.
bore to tears|bore|tear|tears
v. phr. To fill with tired dislike; tire by dullness or the same old thing bore. The party was dull and Roger showed plainly that he was bored to tears.Mary loved cooking, but sewing bores her to tears.
bore to death
bore to death Also, bore to tears or bore stiff or bore the pants off. Weary someone through extremely dull talk or uninteresting action. For example, Sam was bored stiff by the opera but didn't dare to admit it, or Carol bores the pants off me with her constant talk of remodeling, or His books bore me to death. All four expression convey the idea of such exasperation that one dies, weeps, stiffens with annoyance, or has one's trousers removed. The verb bore has been used in this sense only since about 1750, and its etymology is unknown. The amplifications were added between about 1850 and 1950. Also see under pants off, the; talk someone's arm off.
An bore idiom dictionary is a great resource for writers, students, and anyone looking to expand their vocabulary. It contains a list of words with similar meanings with bore, allowing users to choose the best word for their specific context.
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