Idiom
no fun at parties
Meaning
boring or pedantic
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“He is no fun at parties because he only talks about his taxes.”
“I tried to tell a joke, but he corrected my grammar and proved he is no fun at parties.”
“While his encyclopedic knowledge of historical dates is impressive, his insistence on lecturing guests during the celebration makes him, quite frankly, no fun at parties.”
Examples
simple
“He is no fun at parties because he only talks about his taxes.”
contextual
“I tried to tell a joke, but he corrected my grammar and proved he is no fun at parties.”
complex
“While his encyclopedic knowledge of historical dates is impressive, his insistence on lecturing guests during the celebration makes him, quite frankly, no fun at parties.”
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