as wooden as a dummy

as wooden as a dummy

Woodcarving and clay sculpture, Chinese idiom, Pinyin is m ù di ā on í s ù, meaning that people are inflexible or look dull. It comes from the warning of the world by Feng Menglong of Ming Dynasty.

Idiom usage

The people in Yihong courtyard are scared like wood and clay sculptures.

Analysis of Idioms

Clay sculpture and wood carving

The origin of Idioms

Feng Menglong of the Ming Dynasty's "general admonition of the world" Volume 9: "two classes of civil and military, such as clay sculpture, no one dares to answer."

Idiom explanation

An idol made of wood or clay. To describe a person as inflexible or dull.