stick out like dog's balls en · VERB
Etymology
Referring to the obviousness of a domestic dog's testicles.
Meanings
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(qualifier:simile) Be very noticeably different, especially in a negative way; to be particularly obtrusive, conspicuous, blatant, or prominent; to attract undue attention or notice.
We had stopped in a newly ploughed mealie (maize) field, out in the open, sticking out like dog's balls.
2014, Andrew Balaam, Bush War Operator, page 52:The moment of my life that sticks out like dog's balls are the times when my family was being split up and placed in institutions.
2017, Jacqueline Z. Wilson, Sarah Hodgkinson, Justin Piché, The Palgrave Handbook of Prison Tourism, page 333:With our height above the Viets, we stick out like dog's balls as it is.
2018, Edward Bowman, A Year in the Life of a Vietnam Adviser:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| sticks out like dog's balls | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| stuck out like dog's balls | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| stuck out like dog's balls | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| sticking out like dog's balls | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic |