stick out like a sore thumb [简明英汉词典]
显得十分不自然
惹人注目
stick out like a sore thumb [新词词典]
这个成语就是指那种不同寻常、引起别人注意的情况,通常是指因不合时宜或不合群而显得突出.
Although he disliked sticking out like a sore thumb,he stood up to raise a spiculate question to the professor.