as dull as dishwater
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(as) dull as dishwater
Very boring or unexciting. This phrase is often used to describe a person. My date with Dave was not great—he is as dull as dishwater. I fell asleep during that movie because it was as dull as dishwater. That lady is nice enough, but she's just dull as dishwater. Like, I didn't need a 10 minute recap about how she almost lost her keys this morning.
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(as) dull as dishwater
mod. very dull. Life can be as dull as dishwater.
McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions Copyright © 2006 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.
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Eric Clapton Old Sock THE 21st studio album from the guitar legend sees him try his hand at classics such as All Of Me, Born To Lose and Goodnight Irene and making them equally
as dull as dishwater. No mean feat.
That's probably why so many of Monday's Premiership matches were
as dull as dishwater, coming just two days after a full New Year's Day programme.
And while the mighty Reds of 2001 can be
as dull as dishwater. You have to feel for those forced to commentate on Liverpool.
It's
as dull as dishwater and is not even worthy of background music status.
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