wallflower

wallflower

Someone who remains on the outer edges of a social event, especially a dance or party, and does not participate due to being shy or unpopular. I used to be a real wallflower when I was in high school. It wasn't until I got to college that I finally started having a bit more confidence and began enjoying myself at parties.
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
See also:
  • poindexter
  • fray at the edges
  • fray at/around the edges/seams
  • fray around the edges
  • fight shy of
  • fight shy of (someone or something)
  • fight shy of something/of doing something
  • a stick-in-the-mud
  • stick in the mud
  • stick-in-the-mud
References in periodicals archive
The wallflower is a member of the cabbage family and so can be prone to the vegetable's problems such as club root and downy mildew.
Here come the perks of being a wallflower fan; The humble Erysimum may look ordinary now... but by spring this biennial will be bursting with life and colour
Generally speaking, wallflowers, or Erysimum to give them their Latin This means that they are grown from seed in the first year and establish roots and leaves, then in the second year they flower and when they're finished flowering are discarded.
Here come the perks of being a wallflower fan; GARDENING With Diarmuid Gavin The humble Erysimum may look ordinary now... but by spring this biennial will be bursting with life and colour
The title track is a cover of an old Bob Dylan song and this particular "Wallflower" manages to bring a barroom and country flavour to the relaxed affair.
Audio Junkie: Smooth and easy does it
Wallflower isn't up there with some of Ms Krall's earlier efforts, but it's still an enjoyable way to spend 45 minutes.
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Smiles of nostalgia
As for Summit's previous best debut per-screen averages, "Wallflower" bested "The Ghost Writer," which averaged $45,752 from four locations in 2010.
'Perks' peaks for Summit
Emma tweeted the singer saying: "So @harry_styles - when are you going to see the SECOND half of Perks of being a Wallflower ?!
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Ishika Gupta on Shakhoora Hansome and Chantal Gramm on Shakhoora Wallflower were amongst the riders who gained a rosette.
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Did you ever experience feeling like a wallflower or being rejected when captains were picking teams?
Age discrimination
QI saw some wonderful plants which I thought were wallflower but was told they were Erysimum.
Gardening Q&A
At first glance, the Minx 18V creates a euphoric sense of hope in onlookers, much like the feeling a wallflower would experience after misinterpreting a glance from the popular girl--it was meant for the jock behind him.
Vital attraction
In this investigation the best diurnal time and duration of mechanical stress treatment are studied using 'Impactor' and shaker devices on wallflower and snapdragon seedlings (as biennial plants), respectively.
Effects of two methods of mechanical stress on snapdragon and wallflower plants growth responses