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Usage of this Idiom "Bored to death" in context
Hi, let me ask you some questions.
This idiom; "Bored to death" is commonly used as colloquial expression in everyday conversation or it rarely used among native speakers as an old-fashioned idiom?
Here are my best efforts of the usage of "bored to death" at these sentences.
it makes sense to you?
Here goes..
#1: My dogs hate it when it's raining and they can't go outside.It bored my dogs to death.
#2 : It's been raining on and off since yesterday. My dogs seems bored to death at home.
Or, do you think I am a dork when I use this idiom in everyday conversation?
Your help is very much appreciated as always.;)
7 de abr. de 2014 4:11
Respuestas · 10
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Question 1: It is commonly used, I use it all the time.
Question 2:
#1 is good, but I'd say "it bores my dogs to death"
#2 i think is better and yes it makes sense
Question 3: Yes, you're a huge dork!
:P just kidding
7 de abril de 2014
3
Yeah, it's a current expression. There was a great TV series called "Bored to Death" a few years ago. You can also hear people underline boredom and frustration by saying " I wanted to shoot myself", "blow my brains out" or "hang myself". Talk about morbid idioms! And like Conner said, the second one is way better, you want to use it in a form of being bored (I was, I am bored) and you can also say that a person "bored you to death" but I hope you won't need to use that one too much. Another similar idioms are "bored out of my mind" or "out of my skull".
7 de abril de 2014
2
you can use this expression to give more importance or seriousness to your statement; in other words to exaggerate when saying something...
7 de abril de 2014
Thank you for the comment and I understand exactly what it means, my question is whether it's used this among native speakers nowadays.
7 de abril de 2014
"Bored to Death" means they feel like they're going to die of boredom because of how bored they are.
7 de abril de 2014
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