See Also: DULLNESS, LIFE

1. Bored as Greta Garbo —Alice McDermott
2. Boredom enveloped her like heavy bedding —Yukio Mishima
3. Boredom … like a cancer in the breast —Evelyn Waugh
4. Boredom, like hookworm, is endemic —Beryl Markham
5. Boredom wafted from her like the scent of stale sweat —Anon
6. Boredom was increasing … like a silent animal sadly rubbing itself against the sultry grass —Yukio Mishima
7. Bore me the same as watching an industrial training film, or hearing a lecture on the physics of the three-point stance —Richard Ford
8. Boring as airline food —Anon
9. Boring as going to the toilet —Sylvia Plath
10. Boring, like reading the Life Cycle of the Hummingbird —Dan Wakefield
11. Could feel his boredom like an actual presence, like a big German shepherd that must be fed and restrained —Marge Piercy
12. Life’s tedious as a twice-told tale —William Shakespeare

    This famous simile also appeared in Homer’s Odyssey in the format of a question, “What’s so tedious as a twice-told tale?.”

13. Yawns [caused by a dull discussion] inflated in his throat like balloons —Derek Lambert

cut and dried See SIMPLIFICATION.

dry-as-dust Boring, extremely dull or dry; prosaic, unimaginative; concerned with petty, uninteresting details. Dr. Dryasdust is the name of a fictitious character created by Sir Walter Scott in the early 19th century. The Doctor, a learned antiquary, wrote the introductory material or was mentioned in the prefaces to Scott’s novels. Currently, adjectival use of the term is most common.

a month of Sundays See DURATION.

the screaming meemies See ANXIETY.