Glossary entry (derived from question below)
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.
English term
Someone with whom watching paint dry wouldn't be the worst thing in the world.
Feb 15, 2024 06:56: kamaluddin salik Created KOG entry
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Being with this person makes even the most boring activities tolerable.
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
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