stick/stand out like a sore thumb

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How extraordinary and incongruous! You stick out like a sore thumb in that ghastly uniform, Charles.

It was a white box with modern doors, modern units and a Rayburn that stuck out of the wall like a sore thumb. It had pink quarry tiles.

Look at the surrounding skyline and pick out things that catch the eye - the flashy Porsche in the car-park, the dark cloud looming or the ugly building that sticks out like a sore thumb. (BNC-B)

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