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Sitting Like a Bump on a Log

MEANING IN ENGLISH

Sitting completely inactive, motionless, and doing nothing productive

In context

01

While others saw him as sitting like a bump on a log, he was actually absorbing the stillness of nature.

02

Sometimes, spending an afternoon sitting like a bump on a log is exactly what an exhausted soul needs to heal.

Synonyms

idling passively,vegetating,remaining motionless

Antonyms

bustling with activity,hard at work,dynamic and busy

Collocations

sitting there like a bump on a log,just sitting like a bump on a log,spend the day sitting like a bump on a log

Sources

Bidyazo vocabulary library ↗