odd duck | Idiomator

Meaning: (idiomatic)Anunusualperson, especially one with anidiosyncraticpersonalityorpeculiarbehavioralcharacteristics.1936December 11, Bill Lush, “Kelley Reveals Technique of Successful Pass Play”, inPittsburgh Post-Gazette, retrieved28 July 2010, page27:This lad Kelley is anodd duckin many ways. . . . Unlike most college youngsters, he has no hobbies.1971June 18, “The Job Market: A New Start—Mature Women Who Work”, inThe Dispatch, North Carolina, retrieved28 July 2010, page 6:If you are a married woman over 45 and are thinking of taking a plunge into the job market bear in mind that you won't be anodd duckin the employment pool.2006Dec. 21, "Sentiment—Not Sentimentality" (film review ofVenus),Time(retrieved 28 July 2010):Is [Peter] O'Toole—skinny, tottering, eccentric in everything from costume to line-readings—wonderful in this role? Indeed he is. Always more of anodd duckthan a leading man, age (he's 74) has given him license to play his essential weirdness.

Examples:

EN: He's rather an odd duck, isn't he?
ES: Es bastante raro, ¿no?
EN: But this mouse is an odd duck!
ES: Pero éste es un raro.
EN: You're one odd duck, Wilson.
ES: Eres un pato raro, Wilson.
EN: And my mother said I was an odd duck.
ES: Mi madre decía que yo era el raro.
EN: You know, when I was mark's age, my parents thought That I was an odd duck.
ES: Verán, cuando tenía la edad de Mark, mis padres pensaron que yo era un bicho raro.
EN: Old Jack's a odd duck, I tell you.
ES: Es que mi Jack es especial...
EN: You're an odd duck.
ES: Es usted un tipo raro.
EN: She's a bit of an odd duck.
ES: Es un poco rara.
EN: You're an odd duck, Mr Spike.
ES: eres un tipo raro, Mr. Spike.
EN: He was a bit of an odd duck by all accounts.
ES: Él era un tipo un poco raro por todos los informes.
ES: Él era un tipo un poco raro por todos los informes.
EN: Veronica, you're an odd duck.
ES: Veronica, eres muy rara.
EN: You're an odd duck, Violet. But I like you.
ES: Eres un "pato cojo", violet, pero me agradas
EN: Oh, I admit, he is bit of an odd duck, but hopefully, he'll be gone lickety-split and we can get back to our normal life.
ES: Lo admito, es un tipo raro, pero con suerte se irá pronto y podremos regresar a nuestras vidas.
EN: He's a pretty odd duck.
ES: Es un tipo bastante raro.
EN: He's one odd duck, that guy.
ES: Sí que es un tipo extraño, ese tipo.

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