you bore me vs you are a bore

Both phrases are correct, but they convey different meanings. 'You bore me' means that the person is currently causing boredom, while 'you are a bore' means that the person is generally boring. They are not directly comparable as they express different ideas.

Last updated: April 07, 2024

you bore me

This phrase is correct and commonly used in English to express that someone is causing boredom.

This phrase is used to convey that the person being addressed is currently boring the speaker. It is a direct way to express boredom in the moment.

Examples:

I'm sorry, but you bore me with your long stories.
Please stop talking; you bore me to death.
Her lectures always bore me to tears.
You bore me with your constant complaints.
I can't listen to you anymore; you bore me.

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But the truth is, it's not that you bore me, but I don't enjoy talking to you anymore.
Say something nice, like, "you bore me, Danny," or "I don't have to tell you where I go at night, Danny."
I thought samurai would be fun... but you bore me.
No, you bore me!
Pausanias, you bore me.
You bore me. Leave.
You bore me, son.
You bore me, Ludo, you bore me.
What a son you bore me.
The anger I knew you bore me.
You signed a contract and you bore me.
Believe you me, you bore me to distraction.
If you bore me hate, I forgive you;
And, I'm sorry U12 Life, but you bore me a little... Our time together was pleasant, but it's over.
Woe is me, my mother, that you bore me, a man of strife and contention to the whole land!
You bore me for nothing but pain.
Now you bore me.
For this I will keep on wearing the rags I wore... when the French revolution bore me... when you bore me Mother Spain... a dark conspirator.
The maid you bore me, Brünnhilde, will be his when he wakes her from sleep.
You bore me to death.

Alternatives:

you are boring me
you are putting me to sleep
you are dull
you are tedious
you are monotonous

you are a bore

This phrase is correct and commonly used in English to describe someone as generally boring.

This phrase is used to describe someone as consistently dull or uninteresting. It implies that the person is boring in general, not just in a specific moment.

Examples:

I don't want to hang out with him; he is such a bore.
She is a bore at parties; she never has anything interesting to say.
He may be nice, but he's a bit of a bore.
I find her company to be a bore.
I can't stand spending time with him; he's a bore.

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you are a bore
Syd, come on, seriously, since you left the spy biz, you are a bore.
But I have my voice now and I say you are a bore, sir.
You are a bore, Manaape.
Only that you are more of a bore than usual.
Come on, don't be a bore.
Four years on this island and I've become such a bore.
I said Peter's not a bore.
My husband's being a bore.
And teaching was a bore anyway.
Elektra. -Don't be a bore, Matthew.
My little ballerina is charming, but such a bore.
Thomas was always such a bore.
Dr. Blonsky with his instrument fetish is such a bore.
Too close, he finds him a bore.
Their lack of skills is a bore.
Girls that talk are a bore.
Street names around the station are a bore.
But they say I'm a bore.
I've never seen a bore I couldn't cap yet.
There's never been a bore like this one.

Alternatives:

you are boring
you are dull
you are uninteresting
you are tedious
you are monotonous

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