stick out like a sore thumb
Impossible to miss
To stick out like a sore thumb is to be conspicuously different from surroundings—impossible to overlook, the way an injured thumb demands attention.
Usually suggests awkwardness or poor fit rather than distinction: In my jeans and t-shirt, I stuck out like a sore thumb at the black-tie event.
- protrudeExtend beyond surroundings
- stand outBe noticeably different
- stickThin piece of wood
- obviousEasily perceived, unmistakable
- jutExtend outward sharply
sore thumb · glaring · blatant · conspicuous · hard to miss · misfit · fish out of water · anomaly · alienation · outsider · black sheep · oddity · awkwardness · incongruous · eccentricity · self-consciousness · mismatch · noticeable
stick out like a sore thumbblend in
Become part of surroundings
inconspicuous · fly under the radar · keep a low profile · invisible · camouflaged
stick out like a sore thumbblend in
Become part of surroundings
fit right in · belong · assimilate · harmonize · look the part
sticks, sticking, sticker, sticky, stickiness, outermost, outward, likeness, unlike