* to be bored like a dead rat
Expression used here and there by Almost Everyone
It is used to express extreme boredom.
"Il n'y a rien à faire ici." "Ouais, je m'ennuie comme un rat mort."
"There's nothing to do here." "Yeah, I'm bored to death."
Added October 2020 by likethelight
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