sore thumb

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• stick out like a sore thumb — (informal) To be painfully obvious, noticeable, etc • • • Main Entry: ↑sore * * * stick/stand/out like a sore thumb phrase to be very noticeable because of being different Any stranger to the town sticks out like a sore thumb …   Useful english dictionary

• stand out like a sore thumb — stick/stand/out like a sore thumb phrase to be very noticeable because of being different Any stranger to the town sticks out like a sore thumb. Thesaurus: to be different from somethingsynonym to be, or to become obvious or noticeablesynonym …   Useful english dictionary

• stick out like a sore thumb — {v. phr.} To be conspicuous; be different from the rest. * /When the foreign student was placed in an advanced English grammar class by mistake, it was no wonder that he stuck out like a sore thumb./ …   Dictionary of American idioms

• stick out like a sore thumb — {v. phr.} To be conspicuous; be different from the rest. * /When the foreign student was placed in an advanced English grammar class by mistake, it was no wonder that he stuck out like a sore thumb./ …   Dictionary of American idioms

• stick out like a sore thumb —    If something sticks or stands out like a sore thumb, it is clearly and obviously different from the things that are around it.   (Dorking School Dictionary)    ***    If something sticks out like a sore thumb, it is very obvious or visible in… …   English Idioms & idiomatic expressions

• stand out like a sore thumb — stand/stick out like a sore thumb if someone or something sticks out like a sore thumb, everyone notices them because they are very different from the other people or things around them. Everyone else was in jeans and casual gear and I had my… …   New idioms dictionary

• stick out like a sore thumb — stand/stick out like a sore thumb if someone or something sticks out like a sore thumb, everyone notices them because they are very different from the other people or things around them. Everyone else was in jeans and casual gear and I had my… …   New idioms dictionary

• stick/stand out like a sore thumb — informal : to be very noticeable in usually a bad way I wasn t wearing the right clothes for the party, and I stuck out like a sore thumb. • • • Main Entry: ↑sore …   Useful english dictionary

• stick out like a sore thumb — If something sticks or stands out like a sore thumb, it is clearly and obviously different from the things that are around it …   The small dictionary of idiomes

• stick out like a sore thumb — in. to be very obvious. □ That zit really sticks out like a sore thumb. □ Do you think I would stick out like a sore thumb at the party if I wear this coat? …   Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions

• stand (or stick) out like a sore thumb — be quite obviously different. → sore …   English new terms dictionary