Someone with whom watching paint dry wouldn't be the worst thing in the world.

English translation: Being with this person makes even the most boring activities tolerable.

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English term or phrase:someone with whom watching paint dry wouldn't be the worst thing in the world.
Selected answer:Being with this person makes even the most boring activities tolerable.
Entered by: kamaluddin salik

20:51 Jan 22, 2024
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English term or phrase: Someone with whom watching paint dry wouldn't be the worst thing in the world.
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kamaluddin salik
Afghanistan
Local time: 03:57
Being with this person makes even the most boring activities tolerable.
Explanation:
To describe something as 'like watching paint dry' is an idiomatic way to say that it is extremely boring.

So this sentence is describing another person ('someone') as a person with whom that activity (and presumably by extension any boring activity) would be tolerable.
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Rhys Allan
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Local time: 01:27
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5 +4Being with this person makes even the most boring activities tolerable.
Rhys Allan


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Being with this person makes even the most boring activities tolerable.


Explanation:
To describe something as 'like watching paint dry' is an idiomatic way to say that it is extremely boring.

So this sentence is describing another person ('someone') as a person with whom that activity (and presumably by extension any boring activity) would be tolerable.


    https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/something-is-like-watching-paint-dry
Rhys Allan
Germany
Local time: 01:27
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agree  Ruth Hill
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agree  kmtext
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agree  Mark Robertson
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neutral  writeaway: Repeat question. Here too, Asker wants it translated but into what language? "Hi Friends, How should translate this one?"
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agree  AllegroTrans: Writeaway has a point: what exactly does the Asker want?
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