odd fish
Noun
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Noun
odd fish
- (idiom) An unusual thing or eccentric person.
- 2001, Paul Theroux, Fresh Air Fiend: Travel Writings (page 355)
- We are constantly told how normal and honorable Thoreau was, yet it seems that we would get much further in understanding him if we began, by conceding that he was an odd fish, full of peculiar conceits.
- 2001, Paul Theroux, Fresh Air Fiend: Travel Writings (page 355)
- (unusual thing) abnormality, deviant, outlier; see also Thesaurus:anomaly
- (eccentric person) odd duck, strange fish, weirdo; see also Thesaurus:strange person
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