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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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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.
Merely watching one sled after another go down the course is about as exciting as watching paint dry.
 
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