odd man—
1. (also: odd fellow) a man who is regarded as eccentric or crazy:
- He was an odd man who seldom spoke, and when he did, it was often enigmatic.
2. the person in a group who, in case of a division of opinion, is able to give the casting vote:
- This fifth was the odd man whose casting vote would turn the scale.
3. (also: odd-job man) a person employed to do various small things in a house:
- Either can rest occasionally by employing an “odd man,” of whom there are several … ready to do “odd” work.
odd man out—
1. a person who is left out of a group for some reason:
- George Payne was the odd man out losing a seat on the council by five votes to Schiada.
2. a person differing from all others of a group in some respect:
- The typical image of the artist in the era of capitalism has been an odd man out, nonconformist, often bohemian.