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Phrase: Out of your gourd
Like my father before me and his father before him, I was born to work.
I know it sounds sad, but work makes me happy.
If I’m not working, I’m bored out of my gourd.
When you are out of your gourd, you are bored, going crazy, or so drunk you can’t stand up or remember your name.
If you’re unfamiliar with a gourd, it’s a type of inedible fruit with a tough shell that looks like a snowman.
If you hollow it out inside, it can be used to carry water.
Many people have empty heads, like a gourd, so we use gourd to mean a person’s head.
My grandfather sold and delivered bags of coal door to door from a horse and cart.
My father was a sheet metal worker; I followed in his footsteps and then became an English teacher.
It’s a long story.
The one thing we all have in common is that they had to keep busy, and so do I.
When some people become bored, they do drugs or drink alcohol until they are out of their gourd.
I don’t enjoy getting drunk anymore, and boredom is a state of mind I seldom experience.
Other people suffer from insomnia and are consequently unable to get a restful night’s sleep.
Me, I always sleep like a baby because I work so hard.
It’s just me.
I’m up before the birds and still around when the owls and bats come out to play.
That’s why I sleep so soundly and am rarely drunk or bored out of my gourd.
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