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bored silly
Extremely bored to the point of distraction, frustration, or irritation. I was bored silly listening to that lecture this afternoon.
bored to distraction
Extremely bored, especially to the point of distraction, frustration, or irritation. I was bored to distraction listening to that lecture this afternoon.
drive (one) to distraction
1. To render one unable to focus; to distract one. Leave your sister alone—she's got to finish her homework, and you are driving her to distraction.
2. To annoy or frustrate one to the point of exasperation. A week on vacation with my relatives is enough to drive me to distraction. That loud beeping noise is driving me to distraction!
to distraction
To a point in which one is very upset, irritated, or angry and one is unable to focus as a result. Used especially after the verb "drive." Leave your sister alone—she's got to finish her homework, and you are driving her to distraction.
See also: distraction, to
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bored silly
and bored to distraction; bored stiff; bored to death; bored to tearsvery 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.
drive someone to distraction
Fig. to confuse or perplex someone. Can't you see you're driving her to distraction? The problems I am having with my boss are driving me to distraction.
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs. © 2002 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
drive someone to distraction
If something or someone drives you to distraction, they annoy you very much. Nothing I said or did would get them to tidy up. It drove me to distraction. His obsessive attention to detail drove to distraction the artists and workers with whom he collaborated. Note: Distraction is an old word for madness.
Collins COBUILD Idioms Dictionary, 3rd ed. © HarperCollins Publishers 2012
to diˈstraction
so that you become upset, excited or angry and not able to think clearly: The children are driving me to distraction today.See also: distraction, to
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