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the black sheep
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a person seen as different from, or worse than, the rest of their family or group
Usually 'the black sheep of the family'. People often say it with humour about themselves.
In context
My uncle was the black sheep of the family because he left school to become a musician.
Everyone else became a doctor, so I always felt like the black sheep.
More idioms about nature
- a big fish in a small pondan important person, but only in a small group or place
- a bird's-eye viewa view of something from high above
- a breath of fresh airsomeone or something new and different that makes a situation more pleasant
- a dark horsea person with hidden talents, or a competitor nobody expected to do well
- a drop in the oceana very small amount compared with what is needed