humorous, humorous

if you say that watching an activity is like watching paint dry, you mean that it is very boring.

To me, watching golf on television is about as interesting as watching paint dry.

• There's the rub.
• the rest is history
• there's ... to be said for
• there's ... to be said for doing something
• there's ... to be said for something
• There, there.
• There wasn't a dry eye in the house.
• the road to hell is paved with good intentions.
• the roof caves in
• the roof falls in
• the rot sets in
• the rough and tumble of
• the rough and tumble of something
• the rub of the green
• the ... rung on the ladder
• the salt of the earth
• the same old same old
• the same old thing
• the same to you
• the scales fall from eyes.
• the scales fall from someone's eyes.
• the scene is set for
• the scene is set for something
• the school of hard knocks
• the scum of the earth