Likewise, if we say some person sticks out like a sore thumb, we mean to convey the same idea, that he, or she, is odd and different, commanding particular attention because he is excessive in some way or other.
To use our original example, he would be like a seventeen-storey building standing among flat houses. He would be like Gulliver standing among Lilliputians, or a giant among dwarfs.
But he would be a giant among dwarfs in an odd and uncomfortable way, sort of like an ugly elephant in the room, obvious and yet immovable.
Got it?
All right, here are media examples of people and things that stand out like a sore thumb:
1. Whether you’re trying to get chosen to hang backstage with Taylor Swift at Loft ’89 or you just want to make eye contact with your fave member of One Direction, you want to look FAB and slay the fandom with an epic sign.
Here is a sure-fire way to stick out like a sore thumb among 60,000+ concert-goers: create a humongous, blown-up poster of a famous face. You’ve probably seen it done before at graduations and sporting events -- where they’re actually pretty obnoxious. But they’re also hysterical, eye-catching and super easy to make.
All you need is a printer (with a full ink cartridge), scissors/large paper cutter, a lot of tape, time and stamina for a little do-it-yourself crafternoon.
- HERE’S HOW TO MAKE THOSE HUGE AF POSTERS OF FAMOUS FACES TO BRING TO CONCERTS, MTV.com, July 15, 2017.
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