white sheep

English

Pronunciation

  • Audio (General Australian):(file)

Noun

white sheep (plural white sheep)

  1. (idiomatic) a conformist; an ordinary or conventional person
  2. (idiomatic, ironic) a disliked person; one who is disfavored
    I was the white sheep of the family, the straight man.
  3. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see white,‎ sheep.

See also

This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.