| 单词 | square peg in a round hole |
| 释义 | square peg in a round holeAlso, round peg in a square hole. A misfit, especially a person unsuited for a position or activity. For example, Ruth doesn't have the finesse for this job; she's a round peg in a square hole. This idiom, with its graphic image of something that cannot fit, dates from about 1800. Words nearby square peg in a round holesquare number, square off, square of opposition, square one, square one's shoulders, square peg in a round hole, square piano, square-rigged, square-rigger, square rod, square root The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. |
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