Glossary entry

English term or phrase:

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

English answer:

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

Added to glossary by kamaluddin salik
Jan 22 20:51
10 mos ago
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English term

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

English Other General / Conversation / Greetings / Letters
Hi Friends, How should translate this one?
Change log

Feb 15, 2024 06:56: kamaluddin salik Created KOG entry

Votes to reclassify question as PRO/non-PRO:

Non-PRO (1): Yvonne Gallagher

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Discussion

kamaluddin salik (asker) Feb 15:
Duplicate Question Thank you all for your understanding. As a newcomer to this platform, I unintentionally duplicated the same question.
Daryo Jan 24:
Just an idea. Proz should be fixing bugs like this one, i.e allowing a question to be repeated by mistake (one question was repeated 3 times!), instead of introducing a swarm of new bugs ...
writeaway Jan 23:
@Phil This duplicate posting has been reported exactly for that reason. Once answered, editors cannot squash.
philgoddard Jan 23:
Editors like me can delete repeat questions, but not if someone posts an answer.
AllegroTrans Jan 23:
This is a duplicate question Please remove it
writeaway Jan 23:
What is your target language? "Hi Friends, How should translate this one?"
Barbara Carrara Jan 23:
Asker You've posted this same question twice, the other instance appearing under the 'General/Conversation' field,
https://www.proz.com/kudoz/english/general-conversation-gree...

Responses

+4
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Selected

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

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.
Note from asker:
Thank you!
Peer comment(s):

agree Ruth Hill
3 mins
agree kmtext
12 hrs
agree Mark Robertson
13 hrs
neutral writeaway : Repeat question. Here too, Asker wants it translated but into what language? "Hi Friends, How should translate this one?"
13 hrs
agree AllegroTrans : Writeaway has a point: what exactly does the Asker want?
14 hrs
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "Selected automatically based on peer agreement."
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