"tirer en longueur/à sa fin"

[alan gould]

Let's say a film is boring and too long ("it's dragging on.")  Would you say that the film "tire en longueur?"  

Also, when it's clear it's finally coming to the end, would you say the film "tire à sa fin"?  Would these 2 expressions be commonly used in this situation.       

 merci d'avance

[George Hunt]

I think I remember this as being "trainer"

 

You could say " ce film ça traine" .I am not sure about when it is coming to its end.

 

" arriver au bout"? 

 

I also  remember "tirer " being used for the pain caused by varicose veins!

[Vedas]

Yes  absolutely ! both expressions are good in that situation.

Hello Georges: it would be better to say :" ce film se traine" rather than "ce film, ça traine ! " which is more colloquial not to say slipshod but it may be right depending on the context...

As for the other meaning of "tirer" relating to pains it means to put a strain on/ to be under strain

[George Hunt]

So after 30 years I now know what he meant! (I had asked him what it was like to have varicose veins and he said "ça tire" which I understood (at the time)  to mean  "to pull".

Now that I have them myself I am still not  quite sure really because  they have never   caused me any kind of pain at all .