Idiom | Personality Descriptor
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DULL AS DISHWATER
Idiom | Mild to Moderate | Personality Descriptor
DULL AS DISHWATER Pronunciation: /d?l ?z ‘d???w??t?/ Part of Speech: Idiom Severity Level: Mild to Moderate Category: Personality Descriptor
Definition
Means extremely boring.
Usage
That lecture was dull as dishwater.
Cultural Insight
Old-fashioned but vivid comparison.
Assessment
Classic expressive idiom.
D complete.
Beginning E.
Alan Nafzger was born in Lubbock, Texas, the son Swiss immigrants. He grew up on a dairy in Windthorst, north central Texas. He earned degrees from Midwestern State University (B.A. 1985) and Texas State University (M.A. 1987). University College Dublin (Ph.D. 1991). Dr. Nafzger has entertained and educated young people in Texas colleges for 37 years. Nafzger is best known for his dark novels and experimental screenwriting. His best know scripts to date are Lenin’s Body, produced in Russia by A-Media and Sea and Sky produced in The Philippines in the Tagalog language. In 1986, Nafzger wrote the iconic feminist western novel, Gina of Quitaque. Contact: editor@prat.uk
