bore stiff

bore someone stiff

and bore someone to death; bore someone to tears

Fig. to be exceedingly dull and uninteresting. (Stiff means "dead.") The play bored me stiff. The lecture bored everyone to death.

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Ruben	RUY-bən (Dutch)	Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Dutch, French, Armenian, Biblical Latin
Hartmut	HAHRT-moot (German)	German, Ancient Germanic
Oded	-	Biblical
Tuor	-	Literature
Atse	-	Frisian
Benediktas	-	Lithuanian