Playing dead like a possum Home The Lexicon Playing dead like a possum Thumbnail Phrase or WordPlaying dead like a possumDefinitionTo feign death or inaction, often to avoid trouble.LanguageEnglishTypeFaunamorphSubcategoryOther AnimalsGrammatical SubcategorySayings/Similes/Aphorisms/Proverbs Previous itemDumb as a possum Next itemPrickly as a porcupine
