What is the simile for polite and for dumb ?

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a similie is when you compare something to something else using 'like' or 'as'

she's as polite as a debutante

he's as dumb as a post
nice and stupid
both keep a solemn face.
you mean a synonime?:) polite - well-mannered, dumb - retarded.
polite- good behaviour
dumb- senseless
i think you mean synonym
well-mannered and unintelligent
isn't a simile using a like or as in the sentence???

i think u mean synonym--- word with same meaning..
polite-gracious
dumb-brainless
It improves ur face value.
POLITE:
Synonyms civil, courteous, genteel, gracious, mannerly, well-bred

Related Words attentive, considerate, thoughtful; chivalrous, courtly, gallant; ceremonial, ceremonious; formal, suave, unctuous, urbane; elegant, refined; deferential, dutiful, respectful, submissive, yielding; acceptable, appropriate, becoming, befitting, correct, decent, decorous, fit, fitting, good, meet, proper, respectable, right, seemly, suitable; affable, cordial, friendly, genial, hospitable, sociable; felicitous, graceful; humble, meek, modest, unassertive

DUMB: (I am assuming you are not referring to the definition of dumb meaning mute, or unable to speak.)
Synonyms brainless, dense, doltish, dopey, dorky [slang], dull, dumb, fatuous, half-witted, mindless, oafish, obtuse, senseless, simple, slow, thick, thickheaded, unintelligent, vacuous, weak-minded, witless

Related Words feebleminded, retarded, simpleminded; foolish, idiotic, imbecile, imbecilic, moronic; ignorant, illiterate, lowbrow, uneducated, uninformed, untaught, unthinking; absurd, asinine, balmy, cockeyed, crazy, cuckoo, daffy, daft, dotty, harebrained, insane, kooky, loony (also looney), lunatic, mad, nonsensical, nutty, preposterous, sappy, screwball, silly, unwise, wacky, zany; fallacious, illogical, invalid, irrational, unreasonable

See the Merriam-Webster sites cited below... great for Thesaurus as well as definitions!
"as polite as a knight "
" as dumb as a donkey"

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