stick out a mile

English

Verb

stick out a mile (third-person singular simple present sticks out a mile, present participle sticking out a mile, simple past and past participle stuck out a mile)

1. To be plain for all to see, obvious, easy to see, very noticeable.

   Synonyms: stand out a mile, be plain as the nose on one's face

2. To be conspicuously different.

   Synonyms: stick out like a sore thumb, stand out a mile

Translations

to be plain for all to see

• Finnish: olla kaikkien nähtävissä
• French: sauter aux yeux (fr), crever les yeux (fr)
• Polish: rzucać się w oczy (pl) impf, rzucić się w oczy pf
• Russian: броса́ться в глаза́ (ru) impf (brosátʹsja v glazá)

Further reading

• “stand stick out a mile”, in Cambridge English Dictionary, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: Cambridge University Press, 1999–present.
• “stand stick out a mile” (US) / “stand stick out a mile” (UK) in Macmillan English Dictionary.
• “stick out stand out a mile” in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English, Longman.