black sheep
Noun
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Noun
black sheep
- Used other than with a figurative or idiomatic meaning: see black, sheep
- (idiomatic) A nonconformist; an unusual or unconventional person.
- (idiomatic) A disliked person; one who is disfavored.
- 2003 April 10, "[http://www.thenation.com/article/native-informant?page=0,1# The Native Informant]," The Nation (US) (retrieved 24 July 2014):
- Kissinger, after all, is a figure of renown among the self-appointed leaders of "the people from whom he stems" and a frequent speaker at Jewish charity galas, whereas Ajami is a man almost entirely deserted by his people, a pariah at what should be his hour of triumph. In Arnoun, a family friend told me, "Fouad is a black sheep because of his staunch support for the Israelis."
- He always was the black sheep in the family, as an artist among doctors and lawyers.
- 2003 April 10, "[http://www.thenation.com/article/native-informant?page=0,1# The Native Informant]," The Nation (US) (retrieved 24 July 2014):
- (disliked person) bad apple
- (disliked person) golden child
- French: original, excentrique
- Portuguese: ovelha negra
- Russian: бе́лая воро́на
- French: mouton noir, brebis galeuse
- German: schwarzes Schaf
- Portuguese: ovelha negra
- Russian: парши́вая овца́
- Spanish: oveja negra
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