like a fart in church

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like a fart in church

  1. (slang, vulgar, simile) In a way that is very poorly received.
    • 2012, Jeff Brooks, Life During a Nation's Death, page 199:
      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.
  2. (slang, vulgar, simile) With great incongruity; so as to stick out like a sore thumb.
    • 2006, Michael Diamondstein, Cloaked in Doubt:
      Their blue uniforms and badges stick out like a fart in church.

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