bore (one) stiff
bore (one) stiff
To cause one to be extremely bored, to the point of distraction, frustration, or irritation. Today's lecture bored me stiff.
See also: bore, stiff
bored stiff
Extremely bored, especially to the point of distraction, frustration, or irritation. I was bored stiff listening to that lecture this afternoon.
See also: bore, stiff
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
bore someone stiff
and bore someone to death; bore someone to tearsFig. to be exceedingly dull and uninteresting. (Stiff means "dead.") The play bored me stiff. The lecture bored everyone to death.
See also: bore, stiff
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
- bored stiff
- bore stiff
- bored to tears
- bored out of (one's) mind
- bore (one) to death
- bored to death
- bore to death
- bored to distraction