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exciting as watching paint dry

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*exciting as watching (the) paint dry
very, very dull. (Sarcastic. *Also: about as ~; as ~.) This book is about as exciting as watching paint dry. Listening to you is exciting as watching the paint dry.
See also: dry, paint, watch


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The reason, he said: the remaining articles on the 27-article town meeting warrant were, in his words, as exciting as watching paint dry, and there would be little chance that the 80-member quorum for the representative town meeting would be met if it were continued for a second night.
Byline: GREG HERNANDEZ Let's face it, the Golden Globes press conference Sunday night was about as exciting as watching paint dry.
You can learn a lot about wood from watching paint dry, and I never understood it when they say, "that's about as exciting as watching paint dry.
 
 
 
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