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Can "wallflower" be used as an idiom? If so, what does it mean?



 
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Can "wallflower" be used as an idiom? If so, what does it mean? Mon Nov 15, 2004 8:51 am  Can "wallflower" be used as an idiom? If so, what does it mean?
 

Test No. incompl/inter-15 "Popular Idioms (2) Garden", question 4

Poor Mary was a bit of a ......... at the dance.

(a) cornflower
(b) cauliflower
(c) wallflower
(d) wildflower

Test No. incompl/inter-15 "Popular Idioms (2) Garden", answer 4

Poor Mary was a bit of a wallflower at the dance.

Correct answer: (c) wallflower

Your answer was: incorrect
Poor Mary was a bit of a cauliflower at the dance.
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Hi Alan,

could you tell me the meaning of wallflower
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Wallflower Mon Nov 15, 2004 9:20 am  Wallflower
 

This refers to a girl who is not being noticed/being ignored. The flower itself usually grows away from other plants against a wall.
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Wallflower Tue Nov 16, 2004 3:47 am  Wallflower
 

Alan wrote:
This refers to a girl who is not being noticed/being ignored. The flower itself usually grows away from other plants against a wall.

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Wallflower Tue Feb 15, 2005 16:59 pm  Wallflower
 

Alan wrote:
This refers to a girl who is not being noticed/being ignored. The flower itself usually grows away from other plants against a wall.

In French we have a similar expression : "faire tapisserie" (like the tapestries which hung up the walls in Medevial and Renaissance houses)
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Can "wallflower" be used as an idiom? If so, what does it mean? Thu Dec 11, 2008 7:27 am  Can "wallflower" be used as an idiom? If so, what does it mean?
 

Dear Alan,

Can i say " Mary was a bit of a wallflower at her look?"
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Can "wallflower" be used as an idiom? If so, what does it mean? Thu Dec 11, 2008 9:59 am  Can "wallflower" be used as an idiom? If so, what does it mean?
 

Hi Kathryn,

I'm afraid your sentence:
Quote:
Mary was a bit of a wallflower at her look
doesn't really work. When we use the word 'wallflower' in this idiomatic sense, we are not talking about what someone looks like but rather the situation in which they find themselves.

If you want to use the word 'look', you can use it as a verb as in: She looks very lonely or as a noun as in: Everyone commented on Mary's pretty looks.

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