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A sign warning of wet paint "Like watching paint dry" is an English-language idiom describing an activity as being particularly boring or tedious. [1] It is believed to have originated in the United States. [2] A similar phrase is "watching the grass grow". [3]
An idiom is a common word or phrase with a figurative, non-literal meaning that is understood culturally and differs from what its composite words' denotations would suggest; i.e. the words together have a meaning that is different from the dictionary definitions of the individual words (although some idioms do retain their literal meanings – see the example "kick the bucket" below).
A non-narrative film, Paint Drying consists of 607 minutes (10 hours and 7 minutes) of a static view of white paint drying on a brick wall. The entire film is a single continuous shot, and there is no audio. [3] [4] It receives its title from the expression "like watching paint dry", [5] which refers to something very tedious or boring. [6]
New York Daily News Archive / Contributor/Getty Images. But then, 25 years later, a curious thing happened. I had children. And they wanted to read Harry Potter.In fact, they wanted me to read it ...
The last time the Federal Reserve laid the groundwork for shrinking its balance sheet, in 2017, then-Chair Janet Yellen said she expected the process would be "like watching paint dry." The ...
“Investing is like watching paint dry. You set it up and then you set up an automatic transfer that comes right out of your checking account every month and then you get on with your life.”
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