Idiom
black sheep
Meaning
A nonconformist; an unusual or unconventional person, who may be rejected or disdained by others for this reason.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“He's the black sheep of his family.”
“She became the black sheep when she refused to join the family business.”
“In a dynasty of celebrated surgeons, the youngest son remained the black sheep, choosing instead to paint portraits of strangers in foreign cities.”
Examples
simple
“He's the black sheep of his family.”
contextual
“She became the black sheep when she refused to join the family business.”
complex
“In a dynasty of celebrated surgeons, the youngest son remained the black sheep, choosing instead to paint portraits of strangers in foreign cities.”
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