Meanings
phrase
- informalThere is always something interesting happening; there is no chance of boredom.
There is never a dull moment in the boat while girls are towing it.
1889, Jerome K. Jerome, chapter 9, in Three Men in a Boat […]1 more example
Never a dull moment in this novel; never, indeed, a moment when there was not some anxious situation to face, some formidable difficulty to overcome.
1907, John F. Macdonald, “French Life and the French Stage”, in The Fortnightly, volume 81, Chapman and Hall, page 168
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