What does “stick out like a sore thumb” mean?

What it means

• It means: very noticeable, usually in a bad way
• Because you look so different from everything around you.
• Example: I wore a suit to the beach party. I stuck out like a sore thumb!

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1. 0:00A sore thumb is no fun.
2. 0:03But what does it mean to stick out like a sore thumb?
3. 0:10What's on your head?
4. 0:13A wig. You invited me to a funny hair party, so...
5. 0:18No. I said funding fair.
6. 0:20The money managers are here for a funding fair.
7. 0:24My bad. Well, I'm here anyway, so let's go.
8. 0:27Not like that. You're going to stick out like a sore thumb.
9. 0:31No one's going to notice, Andrew.
10. 0:37When something or someone sticks out like a sore thumb,
11. 0:41they are very noticeable, usually in a bad way.
12. 0:45Everyone notices them because they are so different
13. 0:48from everything around them.

Quick quiz

1. Question 1 of 2

   What does "stick out like a sore thumb" mean?

   ATo have a painful fingerBTo be very noticeable, usually in a bad wayCTo be hidden and hard to seeDTo be very lucky

2. Question 2 of 2

   In the video, why will the man stick out like a sore thumb?

   AHe forgot his moneyBHe hurt his thumbCHe arrived very lateDHe is wearing a wig to a funding fair