bore

bore someone stiff and bore someone to death; bore someone to tears

Fig. to be exceedingly dull and uninteresting. (Stiff means "dead.") The play bored me stiff. The lecture bored everyone to death.

See also: stiff

bore the pants off of someone

Fig. to be exceedingly dull and uninteresting to someone. You bore the pants off of me! The lecture bored the pants off of everybody.

See also: pant

bore through someone

Fig. [for someone's gaze] to seem to penetrate the person being gazed or stared at. Her stare bored right through me.

See also: through

bore through something

to pierce or drill through something. The drill bit could not bore through the steel plate.

See also: through

bored silly and bored to distraction; bored stiff; bored to death; bored to tears

very bored; extremely dull and uninteresting (Usually an exaggeration.) I was bored silly at the lecture. The dull speaker left me bored to distraction. I am bored to tears. Let's go home.

See also: silly

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[beat/bore/charm etc.] the socks off somebody

if someone beats, bores, charms etc. the socks off someone, they beat, bore, or charm them completely He was one of those teachers who bored the socks off his students with his classes.

See also: beat, sock

[beat/bore/scare etc.] the pants off somebody   (informal)

if someone or something beats, bores, scares etc. the pants off someone, they beat, bore, or scare them completely I hate sunbathing. It bores the pants off me. Horror films scare the pants off me.

See be caught with pants down

See also: beat, pant

be bored to death/tears  (informal) also be bored stiff (informal)

to be very bored The speeches went on for an hour. I was bored to death.

See also: death

bore the arse off somebody   (British & Australian very informal!) also bore the ass off somebody (American very informal!)

to make someone very bored These wildlife programmes bore the arse off me.

See also: arse

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bore somebody to death

to make someone lose interest completely Herman was bored to death by the stories Arlie told.

See also: death

bored out of your mind

extremely bored Jeanne moved to a small town in New York State, and she was bored out of her mind.

Usage notes: also used with other adjectives: I think he was scared out of his mind.

See also: mind, out