Chefs such as Delia Smith, Nigel Slater, Jamie Oliver and Gordon Ramsay made the public realise that cooking— and eating— didn't have to be a boring thing.

迪莉娅·史密斯、奈杰尔·斯莱特、杰米·奥利弗和戈登·拉姆齐等厨师让公众意识到，烹饪或者说饮食不一定是一件无聊的事情。

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In fact, this is the boring thing.

其实，这才是苦闷的事情。

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Fear is especially seriously did a special boring thing.

最怕的就是特认真地干了一件特没意思的事。

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That's why parents talking about their children can be so tedious - other parents, I mean, not me or you - not because we doubt their love, or the child's charms, but because itemizing infinities is obviously the most boring thing imaginable.

BBC: A Point of View: The pain when children fly the nest

Sharp's new UX-B800SE Broadband Fax does the usual boring squelchy phone thing, oh sure, but it also has an Ethernet connection allowing you to send PDF or TIFF scans (two-sided, if you prefer) of your documents via email, as well as receive analog faxes and email them to you if you're like the tethered office drones of yesteryear, waiting around all morning for so-and-so's fax.

ENGADGET: Sharp launches UX-B800SE Broadband Fax

The beautiful thing about boring stocks is their tendency to put investment managers directly to sleep.

FORBES: More Boring Stocks That You Wouldn't Be Interested In