Very colloquial: me aburro como una ostra....

Question

I really don't know if oysters are bored...but in Spain we are like an oyster, jeje

any equivalent in English?

Answer 1

Bored to tears is the only thing that I can think of off the top of my head, but a boring person can be called a wet blanket (this can also be used for a killjoy or someone who spoils all the fun).

Some people might say that something/someone bored the hell out of them or that they were bored to death as well. Sorry no oysters than I know of (or other shellfish for that matter).

Also bored out of my mind and bored out of my gourd.

Although if you were thinking of shellfish, besides the example that qfreed gave you could also say a person is as Happy as a Clam or if you feel like the world is like a treasure waiting for you you could say the world is my oyster. This can also mean that a person feels like nothing can go wrong or that they can do anything.

Those are pretty much all of the ones I can think of. - kopek, Oct 14, 2009

bored to tears,,,,that is easy to remember,,,wonderful!! - 00494d19, Oct 14, 2009

Answer 2

bored stiff meaning bored to the extreme.

Answer 3

Yo como como un caballo, I eat like a horse(used to work like one as well). I was bored out of my skull. (not on this site of course) To drink like a fish. I think they say "Beber como un cossack" here in Spain.

Answer 4

I am bored out of my gourd. Gourd meaning out of my head or out of my mind.

Answer 5

Another shellfish:

clam?

1. Informal. a secretive or silent person.

clam up-refuse to say something or participate in an activity

Answer 6

Are you looking for English phrases that begin with "I'm as bored as...", or for phrases that use animal characteristics to describe people? An example of the latter is "He eats like a pig," used to describe someone that eats too much or too fast.