BE LIKE WATCHING PAINT DRY

Meaning of BE LIKE WATCHING PAINT DRY in English

be extremely boring.

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Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
DRY — [c mediumvioletred] (as used in expressions) {{link=dry cleaning">dry cleaning dry ice dry rot Dry Tortugas National Park
Английский словарь Британика
PAINT
Webster's New International English Dictionary
LIKE
Webster's New International English Dictionary
DRY — I. ˈdrī adjective ( dri·er also dry·er -ī(ə)r, -īə ; dri·est also dry·est -īə̇st) Etymology: Middle English drie, dry, from …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
WATCHING — present part of watch
Webster's New International English Dictionary
WATCHING — (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Watch
Английский словарь Webster
WATCHING — ( p. pr. & vb. n. ) of Watch
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
DRY — ( a. ) To make dry; to free from water, or from moisture of any kind, and by any means; …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
PAINT — — paintable , adj. — paintless , adj. /paynt/ , n. 1. a substance composed of solid coloring matter suspended …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
LIKE — like 1 — liker , n. /luyk/ , adj., ( Poetic ) liker, likest , prep., adv., conj., n., v., …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
DRY — — dryable , adj. — dryly , adv. — dryness , n. /druy/ , adj., drier, driest , v. , …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
WATCHING — n. observation; guarding, supervision
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Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
DRY — I. ˈdrī adjective ( dri·er also dry·er ˈdrī(-ə)r ; dri·est also dry·est ˈdrī-əst) Etymology: Middle English, from Old English drȳge; …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
WATCHING — p.pr. & ·vb.n. of watch.
Webster English vocab
PAINT — noun a cosmetic; rouge. 2. paint ·noun a pigment or coloring substance. 3. paint ·vt to color one's face by …
Webster English vocab
LIKE — adj likely; probably. 2. like ·adj in a like or similar manner. 3. like ·vi to be pleased; to choose. …
Webster English vocab
DRY — superl of the eyes: not shedding tears. 2. dry ·superl of persons: thirsty; needing drink. 3. dry ·vi to shrivel …
Webster English vocab
DRY — [dry] adj dri.er also dry.er ; dri.est also dry.est [ME, fr. OE dryge; akin to OHG truckan dry, OE dreahnian …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
DRY — dry BrE AmE draɪ ▷ dried draɪd ▷ drier, dryer ˈdra ɪ ‿ə AmE \ ˈdraɪ‿ ə r ▷ dries …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
PAINT — / peɪnt; NAmE / noun , verb ■ noun 1. [ U ] a liquid that is put on surfaces …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
LIKE — / laɪk; NAmE / preposition , verb , conjunction , noun , adjective , adverb ■ preposition 1. similar to …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
DRY — / draɪ; NAmE / adjective , verb ■ adjective ( drier , dri·est ) NOT WET 1. not wet, damp …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
PAINT — I. paint 1 S2 W2 /peɪnt/ BrE AmE noun [uncountable] [ Word Family: noun : ↑ paint , ↑ painter …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
LIKE — I. like 1 S1 W1 /laɪk/ BrE AmE preposition [ Date: 1300-1400 ; Origin: ⇨ ↑ like 6 ] 1 …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
DRY — I. dry 1 S2 W2 /draɪ/ BrE AmE adjective ( comparative drier , superlative driest ) [ Language: Old English …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
PAINT — n. & v. --n. 1 a colouring matter, esp. in liquid form for imparting colour to a surface. b this …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
LIKE — adj., prep., adv., conj., & n. --adj. (often governing a noun as if a transitive participle such as resembling) (more …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
DRY — adj., v., & n. --adj. (drier; driest) 1 free from moisture, not wet, esp.: a with any moisture having evaporated, …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
PAINT — n. & v. n. 1 a colouring matter, esp. in liquid form for imparting colour to a surface. b this …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
LIKE — adj., prep., adv., conj., & n. adj. (often governing a noun as if a transitive participle such as resembling) (more …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
DRY — adj., v., & n. adj. (drier; driest) 1 free from moisture, not wet, esp.: a with any moisture having evaporated, …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
PAINT — n. & v. --n. 1. a colouring matter, esp. in liquid form for imparting colour to a surface. b this …
Oxford English vocab
LIKE — 1. adj., prep., adv., conj., & n. --adj. (often governing a noun as if a transitive participle such as resembling) …
Oxford English vocab
DRY — adj., v., & n. --adj. (drier; driest) 1. free from moisture, not wet, esp.: a with any moisture having evaporated, …
Oxford English vocab
LIKE — I. PREPOSITION AND CONJUNCTION USES /laɪk, laɪk/ ( likes) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
-WATCHING — -watching combines with nouns to form other nouns which refer to the activity of looking at a group of animals …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
PAINT — ( paints, painting, painted) Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English. 1. Paint is …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
DRY — ( drier, or dryer, driest, dries, drying, dried) Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
DRY — (drier, or ~er, driest, dries, ~ing, dried) Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English. …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
-WATCHING — ~ combines with nouns to form other nouns which refer to the activity of looking at a group of animals …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
PAINT — I. noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a painting hangs in a gallery ▪ Many of her pictures hang in the …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
DRY — I. adjective COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a dry cough (= one that does not produce any liquid ) a dry/wet …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
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Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
DRY — adj. dry lake dry cleaning dry ice dry rot Dry Tortugas National Park
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
DRY — Synonyms and related words : Rabelaisian, Saharan, Spartan, WCTU, acarpous, acerb, acerbate, acerbic, acescent, acetose, acid, acidulous, air-dry, anhydrate, anhydrous, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
WATCHING — n. 1. Attention. 2. Sleeplessness, vigilance.
Dictionary of English Synonyms
WATCHING — noun
Oxford Collocations Dictionary Second Edition
WATCHING — noun Watching is used after these nouns: ↑ bird , ↑ whale
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
PAINT — INDEX: 1. to paint pictures 2. someone who paints pictures 3. to paint walls/doors/rooms etc 4. someone who paints walls, …
Longman Activator English vocab
LIKE — See ↑ ENJOY 1, ↑ EXAMPLE 3, ↑ LIKE 1,7, ↑ WAY 8 ◆◆◆ • ↑ be just like • …
Longman Activator English vocab
LIKE — INDEX: things 1. to like something 2. to like something very much 3. to like something that could be bad …
Longman Activator English vocab
DRY — INDEX: 1. not wet 2. when there is not much rain 3. to become dry 4. to make something dry …
Longman Activator English vocab
PAINT — n. 25B6; noun COLOURING, colourant, tint, dye, stain, pigment, colour. See list. 25B6; verb simply paint the ceiling : COLOUR, …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
DRY — adj. 25B6; adjective the dry desert : ARID, parched, droughty, scorched, baked; waterless, moistureless, rainless; dehydrated, desiccated, thirsty, bone dry. …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
WATCHING — n. observation 1) to bear ~ (his activities bear ~) ('his activities should he watched') act of ~ 2) bird …
The Bbi Combinatory Dictionary of English - A Guide to Word Combinations
DRY — adj. 1 dehydrated, desiccated, arid, sear, parched, waterless, moistureless; barren, bare, fruitless With no rain for a month, the dry …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
WATCHING — weard
Англо-Староанглийский словарь
LIKE — I verb 1 BAD : What he likes to know is how much it will cost. GOOD : What he …
Longman Common Errors English vocabulary
WATCHING — наблюдение, надзор; охрана - * brief (юридическое) поручение (поверенному) следить за судебным процессом в интересах доверителя > * candle свеча …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
PAINT — 1. сущ. 1) а) рисование б) рисунок 2) а) краска; окраска blob, speck of paint ≈ капля, пятно краски coat …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
LIKE — I 1. прил. 1) аналогичный, подобный, похожий, сходный Syn : similar, resembling 2) идентичный, одинаковый, равный, тождественный like sum like …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
DRY
Большой Англо-Русский словарь

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