¿Like a bump on a log? What thas it mean.?

Question

¿Like a bump on a log? What thas it mean. I'ts common in the United States?

Answer 1

"like a bump on a log" (American, informal) :
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. "Don't just sit there like a bump on a log, come and help us!"

"like a bump on a log", the Free Dictionary : http://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/like+a+bump+on+a+log

Answer 2

It's a common figure of speech. Some people say "lump on a log" instead of a "bump". It simply means that you're not doing anything, lazy, motionless... but usually just being lazy, or not taking action on something you should be.

Hope this helps!

Answer 3

It means "useless"

Bark is bumpy, but a true BUMP would occur from where a limb used to be, and the tree healed over. That bit of wood is like a scar, and isn't even useful for carpentry or burning, as knots in the wood lack the fiber make up to catch fire, it remains a lump of charred wood in the ashes. Totally useless.

Answer 4

"Don't just sit there like a bump on a log"

This means just the way it sounds....you are sitting there, not moving, like, well, like a bump on a log. They want you to move quickly, do what they tell you.

Answer 5

It looks like a question mark in a Spanish language material.
I mean, the upside down mark before the first word.