| 单词 | to stick out like a sore thumb |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto stick (or stand) out like a sore thumb e. Colloquial phrase to stick (or stand) out like a sore thumb, to be very conspicuous or obvious. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > visibility > be visible [verb (intransitive)] > be clearly visible > be conspicuous to stand fortha1425 to catch the (also a person's) eye1585 salutea1586 stare1645 to make (familiarly to cut) a figure1699 to show up1860 to jump to the eye(s)1926 to stick (or stand) out like a sore thumb1936 1936 E. S. Gardner Case of Sleepwalker's Niece xiii. 128 ‘No,’ he said, ‘that's the one thing in the case that stands out like a sore thumb, now that I stop to think of it.’ 1941 E. S. Gardner Case of Haunted Husband (1942) xvi. 126 A private detective in that atmosphere would stick out like a sore thumb on a waiter serving soup. 1958 Spectator 8 Aug. 187/1 A bad officer will stick out like a sore thumb. 1977 New Yorker 15 Aug. 42/3 In the strong late-afternoon light the twelve white houses stood out like twelve sore thumbs. < as lemmas |
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