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Black sheep are a rarity and are thus considered abnormal. The usage of the phrase when referring to people similarly marks them as those considered outside or beyond the normal group. Another phrase with the same meaning would be 'odd one out'.

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What does black sheep mean?

In the UK there are flocks of black sheep, which are bred for their wool. But in other types of sheep a black one is a rarity, unusual. That is where the expression the black sheep of the family comes from, someone who goes against the usual, a renegade even, they were often shipped off to places abroad, so they did not embarrass the family


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