be (as) stiff as a board
be (as) stiff as a board
To be very stiff; to be rigid or difficult to bend. The dry cleaner really starched this shirt—it's as stiff as a board! After being on a plane for eight hours, I'm stiff as a board.
See also: board, stiff
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
- board
- bore stiff
- be as stiff as a ramrod
- knock the starch out of (one)
- starch
- stiff
- bore (one) stiff
- bored stiff
- (as) stiff as a board
- stiff as a board