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like a fart in church en · ADP

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  1. (qualifier:simile, slang, vulgar) In a way that is very poorly received.
    • Rick's scam to palm her off on Huey went over like a fart in church, just like Huey had predicted. She had indignantly scolded him when he brought it up. 2012, Jeff Brooks, Life During a Nation's Death, page 199:
  2. (qualifier:simile, slang, vulgar) With great incongruity; so as to stick out like a sore thumb.
    • Their blue uniforms and badges stick out like a fart in church. 2006, Michael Diamondstein, Cloaked in Doubt:

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