stand out like a sore thumb

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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 office clothes on - I stuck out like a sore thumb.

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Those two efforts make her stand out like a sore thumb but the only drawback to calculations is an unlucky effort in another sales races, the Weatherbys Super Sprint at Newbury in July, when she had no luck in running when finishing seventh, beaten two lengths, to Jargelle. Big day for . . . Penny's Gift by The Racing Post (London, England) Maxine Carr would stand out like a sore thumb every time she opened her mouth. Carr to get safe house in region by Evening Chronicle (Newcastle, England) Maxine Carr would stand out like a sore thumb every time she opened her mouth. Carr is coming North by Evening Chronicle (Newcastle, England)			stand back of stand between stand by stand corrected stand down stand for stand ground stand head and shoulders above stand in stand in awe stand in good stead stand off stand off from stand on stand on ceremony stand on dignity stand on head stand on its head stand on own feet stand on own two feet stand on two feet stand or fall by stand out stand out a mile stand out from the crowd stand out like a sore thumb stand outside stand over stand pat stand shoulder to shoulder stand tall stand the test of time stand there with bare face hanging out stand to a treat stand to lose stand to reason stand together stand trial stand up stand up against stand up and be counted stand up for stand up in court stand up to stand up with stand well with stand with standard standing standing joke standstill			stand on its head stand on its head stand on its head Stand on one's head stand on own feet stand on own feet stand on own feet stand on own feet stand on own feet stand on own two feet stand on own two feet stand on own two feet stand on own two feet stand on own two feet Stand on the Ugra River of 1480 stand on two feet stand one’s ground stand opposite stand or fall by stand out stand out stand out stand out stand out stand out a mile stand out a mile stand out a mile stand out a mile stand out from the crowd stand out in opposition stand out like a sore thumb stand outside stand over stand over stand over stand over stand over stand pat stand pat stand pat stand pat stand pat stand pattism Stand Pipe Pressure Stand Replacement Fire Working Group Stand seised to uses stand sentinel stand sheet stand sheet stand shoulder to shoulder stand still stand still stand still for stand still for something Stand Tall Stand Tall Stand Tall Stand Tall stand the cost stand the cost of stand the hazard

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