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Stick out like a sore thumb

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Photo of someone who hit their thumb with a hammer
Something sticks out like a sore thumb if it is very obviously different from the things around it. This idiom came from how you would hold out an injured thumb so you don't hurt it even more.

She wore a bright shirt to work, and stuck out like a sore thumb in the office.

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