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stick out like a sore thumb

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stick out like a sore thumb

to be easily noticed as different. Ted wore old jeans to the party, and he stuck out like a sore thumb among all the well-dressed guests.

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stick in craw
stick in gullet/throat
stick in mind
stick it out
stick it to
stick neck out
stick out

stick out like a sore thumb
stick to
stick to beat with
stick to guns
stick to knitting
stick to ribs
stick together
stick up

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