odd man
Noun
Meaning
In a group having an odd number of people, someone with the casting vote; an arbiter. [from 15th c.]
Someone who does odd jobs. [from 18th c.]
(rowing) A man who trains in company with a boat's crew, so that he can take the place of anybody who falls ill.
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I am the odd man out in the family.
A little apish hat, couched fast to the pate, like an oyster; French cambric ruffs, deep with a witness, starched to the purpose: Delicate in speech; quaint in array; conceited in all points; In courtly guiles, a passing singular odd man.
I love meeting 'the Odd Man Out' - like fans of 'Baywatch' who regret, as I do, that Tower 12 Productions didn't put nearly as much energy into writing and directing the show as they put into photographing and editing it.
The hardest thing about having three kids is trying to find a balance, because there's always the odd man out, and you also need to make sure each child gets the attention he or she needs.
Never expect justice in this world. That is not part of God's plan. Everybody thinks that if they don't get it, they're some kind of odd man out. And it's not true. Nobody gets justice people just get good luck or bad luck.
“Aaron, do you ever look around and say, ‘I feel like the odd man out?'