Bored as Greta Garbo —Alice McDermott
Boredom enveloped her like heavy bedding —Yukio Mishima
Boredom … like a cancer in the breast —Evelyn Waugh
Boredom, like hookworm, is endemic —Beryl Markham
Boredom wafted from her like the scent of stale sweat —Anon
Boredom was increasing … like a silent animal sadly rubbing itself against the sultry grass —Yukio Mishima
Bore me the same as watching an industrial training film, or hearing a lecture on the physics of the three-point stance —Richard Ford
Boring as airline food —Anon
Boring as going to the toilet —Sylvia Plath
Boring, like reading the Life Cycle of the Hummingbird —Dan Wakefield
Could feel his boredom like an actual presence, like a big German shepherd that must be fed and restrained —Marge Piercy
Life’s tedious as a twice-told tale —William Shakespeare
This famous simile also appeared in Homer’s Odyssey in the format of a question, “What’s so tedious as a twice-told tale?.”
