Square peg in a round hole
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Square peg in a round hole
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"Square peg in a round hole" is an idiomatic expression which describes the unusual
individualist who could not fit into a niche of their society. The metaphor was originated by Sydney Smith in "On the Conduct of the Understanding", one of a series of lectures on moral philosophy that he delivered at the Royal Institution in 1804–06: The Oxford English Dictionary has as its earliest citation Albany Fonblanque, England under Seven Administrations, 1837, "Sir Robert Peel was a smooth round peg, in
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Idiom originated by Sydney Smith, used to refer to individualist nonconformity
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2023-05-10T11:43:03Z
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