Dormant, static, not moving or responding; idly, listlessly, or uselessly
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- It is noticing that the author of famous books such as “The adventures of Huckleberry Finn” and “The adventures of Tom Sawyer” Mark twain used this simile that is in this phrase in 1863. What is a bump on a log? It means an unmoving lump or chunk on wood. Today the expression “like a bump on a log” can be used to describe a lazy, stationary and unmoving person or a person who is not active in giving response.
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Jack just sat there like a bump on a log.
Submitted on July 07, 2010
Modified by TriplePurple on March 21, 2024
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