like a sore thumb in English

oticeably, conspicuously, prominently

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1. You stick out like a sore thumb in that uniform.

2. I think her outfit will stick out like a sore thumb.

3. Why do you have to stick out like a sore thumb?

4. You stick out like a sore thumb in that ghastly uniform, Charles.

5. The blue building stood out like a sore thumb among the whitewashed villas.

6. Any weaknesses you have are going to stick out like a sore thumb.

7. Q. Do you stick out like a sore thumb in a crowd of people?

8. A bunch of cons wearing their prison blues would stick out like a sore thumb.

9. If you wear a suit to the party, you'll stand out like a sore thumb.

10. Does the new housing stick out like a sore thumb or blend into its surroundings?

11. Wearing a sports coat at the formal dance, he stuck out like a sore thumb.

12. Having a whole batch together should make an odd one stick out like a sore thumb.

13. You can't come to the restaurant dressed in jeans. You'd stick out like a sore thumb.

14. The modern office block sticks out like a sore thumb among the old buildings in the area.

15. The dinner is formal, if you don't wear the correct clothes you'll stick out like a sore thumb.

16. Helen Bostock, a horticulture advisor at the UK's Royal Horticultural Society, says that while a true-blue rose sounds fabulous[Sentencedict], it could stand out like a "sore thumb".