bore sb rigid
Frequency: 6.57.8 per million words
to make someone extremely bored
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- His endless stories about his stamp collection would bore anyone rigid.
- The two-hour presentation on tax law bored the audience rigid.
- I have to sit through another of his lectures? He always bores me rigid.
- She was bored rigid by the conversation, but she tried to smile politely.
- Frankly, the documentary on snail farming bored us rigid.
- If you talk about computers all night, you'll bore your date rigid.
- We were worried the historical play would bore the children rigid.
- That meeting was so dull; it bored me rigid from start to finish.
- The politician's speech was so repetitive it bored the journalists rigid.
- He's a lovely person, but his obsession with train schedules can bore you rigid.