stick out like a sore thumb Fig.to be very obvious.That pimple 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? See also:like,out,sore,stick,thumb McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs. ...
Lors!” added Bob, laying down his pack on the gravel, “it’s a thousand pities such a lady as you shouldn’t deal with a packman, i’ stead o’ goin’ into these newfangled shops, where there’s half-a-dozen fine gents wi’ their chins propped84 up wi’ a stiff stock, a-...