dishwater

[ dish-waw-ter, -wot-er ]
/ ˈdɪʃˌwɔ tər, -ˌwɒt ər /

noun

water in which dishes are, or have been, washed.

Idioms for dishwater

    dull as dishwater/ditchwater, extremely dull; boring.

Origin of dishwater

First recorded in 1475–85; dish + water

British Dictionary definitions for dull as dishwater

dishwater
/ (ˈdɪʃˌwɔːtə) /

noun

water in which dishes and kitchen utensils are or have been washed
something resembling this that was dishwater, not coffee

Idioms and Phrases with dull as dishwater (1 of 2)

dull as dishwater

Boring, tedious, as in That lecture was dull as dishwater. The original simile, dull as ditchwater, dating from the 1700s, alluded to the muddy water in roadside ditches. In the first half of the 1900s, perhaps through mispronunciation, it became dishwater, that is, the dingy, grayish water in which dirty dishes had soaked.

Idioms and Phrases with dull as dishwater (2 of 2)

dishwater

see dull as dishwater.