be (as) stiff as a board



be (as) stiff as a board

To be very stiff; to be rigid and/or difficult to bend. The dry cleaner really starched this shirt—it's as stiff as a board! After being on a plane for eight hours, I'm stiff as a board.
See also: board, stiff

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Yiskah-Biblical Hebrew
Ameqran-Northern African, Berber
Nia (2)-Eastern African, Swahili
Nana (3)-Georgian
Therapon-Late Greek
Lita-English