Like watching paint dry!

Kevin: How was your English lesson today?
Perry: I fell asleep three times. It was like watching paint dry!
Like watching paint dry - this idiom phrase means that something is very boring, very uninteresting.
Can you think of an example when you could use this idiom?
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Permalink Reply by Nancy on September 27, 2011 at 13:37 The seminar of " Quality control " was nice but The speaker of this seminar was like watching paint dry!


Permalink Reply by fang on November 5, 2011 at 6:49 This phrase is very easy to understand. I can imagine the real situation.
Hehe ><"

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