Dumb insolence

Dumb insolence is an offence against military discipline in which a subordinate displays an attitude of defiance towards a superior without open disagreement.^[1] It is also found in settings such as education in which obedience and deference to a teacher is expected but may be refused by unruly pupils.^[2] For example, a pupil may suck their teeth, sigh or walk away while being spoken to.^[3]

See also

• The Good Soldier Švejk

References

1. ^ Daphne M. Gulland, David Hinds-Howell (1986), The Penguin Dictionary of English Idioms, p. 125, http://books.google.com/?id=K8tZAAAAMAAJ 
2. ^ Philip Richard D. Corrigan (1990), Social Forms/human Capacities, p. 176, ISBN 9780415043540, http://books.google.com/?id=CPQNAAAAQAAJ 
3. ^ David Fontana (1994-03-26), Managing classroom behaviour, ISBN 9781854331236, http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=FGRmjk1qFwwC&pg=PA143 

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