bored stiff

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Morecambe and Wise have told how they were "bored stiff" by cult comics Monty Python in a newly discovered TV interview.

From BBC • Aug. 27, 2021

Toward the end of the 1960s, Luke Rhinehart worked as a psychoanalyst in New York and was bored stiff.

From The Guardian • Nov. 7, 2019

I was bored stiff by the first month, with eight more months of the job left to go.

From Salon • Mar. 12, 2017

But the element of surprise can also be satisfying: “I got bored stiff with what I was doing in regular pottery class,” Mr. Brown said.

From New York Times • Aug. 23, 2013

Jem, Dill, and she would have been bored stiff had not Reverend Moorehead possessed a singular talent for fascinating children.

From "Go Set a Watchman: A Novel" by Harper Lee