Idiom
dumb as a post
Meaning
Utterly mute; lacking the ability to speak.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“He stood there, dumb as a post, and said nothing.”
“When the teacher asked him to explain his mistake, he just stared at her, dumb as a post.”
“The witness remained dumb as a post throughout the entire trial, refusing to answer even the simplest questions from the judge.”
Examples
simple
“He stood there, dumb as a post, and said nothing.”
contextual
“When the teacher asked him to explain his mistake, he just stared at her, dumb as a post.”
complex
“The witness remained dumb as a post throughout the entire trial, refusing to answer even the simplest questions from the judge.”
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