stick out like dog's balls

present singular third person sticks out like dog's balls · participle present sticking out like dog's balls · participle past stuck out like dog's balls · past stuck out like dog's balls

1. simileBe very noticeably different, especially in a negative way; to be particularly obtrusive, conspicuous, blatant, or prominent; to attract undue attention or notice.

   With our height above the Viets, we stick out like dog's balls as it is.

   2018, Edward Bowman, A Year in the Life of a Vietnam Adviser

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   We had stopped in a newly ploughed mealie (maize) field, out in the open, sticking out like dog's balls.

   2014, Andrew Balaam, Bush War Operator, page 52

   The moment of my life that sticks out like dog's balls are the times when my family was being split up and placed in institutions.

   2017, Jacqueline Z. Wilson, Sarah Hodgkinson, Justin Piché, The Palgrave Handbook of Prison Tourism, page 333

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