索然无味 英语怎么说

看你指的是什么
如果是内容: dull in content
如果是吃的东西: dull in flavour
如果是人的品位:dull in taste

stodgy

Joey found the Age distasteful.
Joey觉得这个时代索然无味。

Life with Peter had run down.
跟Peter一起过日子，索然无味得很。

I am bound to admit that conversations and amusement languished during the day.
我不得不承认，当天的谈话和消遣都索然无味。

Any story matched with this seems uninteresting.
任何故事都显得索然无味。

This is an unpleasant story.
这是一个索然无味的故事。

Our holiday was fine until Jim went down with a bad cold after that it all got rather dull.
直到吉姆患严重感冒以前，我们的度假还是顺顺当当的，打那以后，一切都变得索然无味了。

没有固定的英文谚语与之搭配，关键看楼主怎么理解了
至少我目前没见过。ps：我IELTS 6.5分