Tedious Phrases

Phrases

• A face as long as a fiddle
• A week is a long time in politics
• All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy
• Art is long and life is short
• As Long As He Needs Me (Shirley Bassey song)
• As boring as a wet weekend in Wigan
• As boring as watching paint dry
• As broad as it is long
• As dull as ditchwater
• As honest as the day is long
• As long as a month of Sundays
• As long as your arm
• As merry as the day is long
• As nervous as a long tailed cat in a room full of rocking chairs
• As true as the day is long
• At long last
• Bore the pants off someone
• Bored stiff
• Boring old fart
• Brain fade
• Cast a long shadow
• Cut a long story short
• Daily grind (the daily routine of a dull or boring job)
• Day in, day out
• Deeply boring
• Forever is a long time
• He who sups with the Devil should use a long spoon
• How long is a piece of string?
• How long, O Lord, how long?
• In the long run
• It Won't Be Long (The Beatles song)
• It's a long way to Tipperary
• Kick it into the long grass
• Kicked into the long grass
• Live long and prosper (A catchphrase from Star Trek)
• Long Bob (Nickname of Robert Meusel)
• Long Day's Journey into Night (play by Eugene O'Neil)
• Long Haired Lover From Liverpool (Jimmy Osmond song)
• Long Leg (field position in the game of cricket)
• Long Off (field position in the game of cricket)

• Long On (field position in the game of cricket)
• Long Stop (field position in the game of cricket)
• Long Tall Sally (Little Richard song)
• Long division
• Long drawn out
• Long face
• Long faced
• Long in the tooth
• Long long ago
• Long lost
• Long odds
• Long shot
• Long sighted
• Long suffering
• Long time no see
• Man In The Long Black Coat (Bob Dylan song)
• Never a dull moment
• Not by a long chalk
• Not by a long shot
• Not exactly blowing my skirt up
• Not long for this world
• Put it on the long finger
• Short arms, long pockets
• So long
• So long and thanks for all the fish (line from Douglas Adams' Hitchhiker's Guide)
• Soft, strong and very long (Andrex toilet tissue advertising slogan)
• Stifle a yawn
• Take a long walk off a short pier
• Take a long walk off a short plank
• The King is dead, long live the King
• The Long And Winding Road (The Beatles song)
• The long and short of it
• The long and winding road that leads to your door (Beatles song lyric)
• The long arm of the law
• The long, hot summer
• To cut a long story short
• To make a long story short
• Year in year out
• You can have any colour as long as it's black
• You're a long time dead
• You've come a long way, baby (Virginia Slims Cigarettes advertising slogan)