| 单词 | watching paint dry |
| 释义 | > as lemmaswatching paint dry d. watching paint dry: in similative phrases, as the type of an extremely dull activity. ΚΠ 1969 B. Knight in N.Y. Times 11 Mar. 53/3 We're excellent on defense, but as to our offense and scoring—well, there are three things they bring to mind. You can have your choice of watching a grease job, watching paint dry or watching our offense. 1972 R. W. Davis in Internat. Jrnl. Afr. Hist. Stud. 5 323 The book contains all the excitement of watching paint dry and reads like the history of a small teachers' college. 2000 Daily Tel. 29 May 21/5 Inspector Morse?.. It's like watching paint dry. What is this fascination with wandering around Oxford and listening to Wagner? < as lemmas |
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