"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]
^"something is like watching paint dry". Collins Dictionary. Retrieved 23 September 2020.
^Tréguer, Pascal (4 October 2017). "Like watching paint dry". Word Histories. Retrieved 27 September 2020.
^Howard Hellman (2019). Watching Grass Grow: A Sequel to Watching Paint Dry. Independently Published. ISBN 9781070195599.
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