Idiom
strange bird
Meaning
An unusual person, especially one with an idiosyncratic personality or peculiar behavioral characteristics.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“He is a strange bird who talks to his plants.”
“The new neighbor is a bit of a strange bird, as he only goes outside to walk his cat at midnight.”
“While the villagers initially dismissed the recluse as a strange bird, they eventually grew to admire his eccentric devotion to local history.”
Examples
simple
“He is a strange bird who talks to his plants.”
contextual
“The new neighbor is a bit of a strange bird, as he only goes outside to walk his cat at midnight.”
complex
“While the villagers initially dismissed the recluse as a strange bird, they eventually grew to admire his eccentric devotion to local history.”
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