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词组 a cuckoo in the nest
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idioma cuckoo in the nest BrEBrEused about a person or group that gets advantages from a situation without doing anything for the other people involved:The EU's nuclear research unit is not equipped to take part in this project - it is the cuckoo in the nest of European fusion research.Sue had stayed because she thought Aunt Kitty had wanted her to; now she felt like a cuckoo in the nest.
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cuckoo in the nest

Someone in a group who is seen as different and ostracized by their peers. Since Sam always got good grades and never got in trouble, he was seen by his unruly peers as a cuckoo in the nest.

cuckoo in the nest

an unwelcome intruder in a place or situation.
The female cuckoo often lays its eggs in other birds' nests. Once hatched, the cuckoo fledgling pushes the other birds' fledglings out of the nest.
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