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Like a bump (or lump) on a log - Unmoving, inactive, stupidly silent. If someone sits or stands somewhere like a bump on a log, they do not react in a useful or helpful way to the activities happening around them. This simile presumably alludes to the immobility of such a protuberance.
My Husband is a large bump on a log!
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∙ 14y ago
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∙ 11y agoIt's also frequently written as "bump on a log." It's a derogatory term meaning lazy, worthless, completely inert, a stick in the mud who just sits there while other people are active.
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