| Idiom | Dull as Dishwater |
|---|---|
| Example | Programs on that channel are as dull as dishwater. |
| Meaning | not inspiring; uninteresting |
| Origin | An earlier form of this English expression was "dull as ditchwater," meaning the muddy water of a ditch. Charles Dickens used it that way in a book in 1865 to describe something boring and tedious. Ditchwater is cloudy, and definitely not exciting. So is dishwater. The change in words probably occurred as a mispronunciation or a mistake in printing. |
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