/abuˈrirse ˈkomo ˈuna ˈostɾa/ lit. ‘to be as bored as an oyster’
Spanish idiom, everyday. Something is so boring it wears you out.
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How do people use Aburrirse como una ostra
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Everyday, friendly Spanish that people use without thinking about the oyster at all. It describes the bored person, not the boring thing: “me aburro como una ostra”, “estará aburrido como una ostra”. To talk about the dull film or meeting itself, people say “es un tostón” or “es un rollo”.
Also said aburrido como una ostra
Aburrirse como una ostra
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Para ser sincero, me aburro como una ostra.
To tell you the truth, I’m completely bored.
Tatoeba, sentence by termito2nd, translation by CM, CC BY 2.0 FR
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Tom estará aburrido como una ostra.
Tom will be bored stiff.
Tatoeba, sentence by albrusgher, translation by CK, CC BY 2.0 FR
Where does Aburrirse como una ostra
come from?
English Wiktionary calls it a simile, “to be as bored as an oyster”, and cites the Real Academia dictionary, which lists “aburrirse alguien como una ostra”. The joke is that an oyster spends its whole life stuck to one rock with nothing to do. Nobody we checked knows who first said it.
Mistakes learners make with Aburrirse como una ostra
Using it for the boring thing: “la película se aburre como una ostra” says the film itself is bored. Put the person first: “con esa película me aburrí como una ostra”.
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