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 #2 (permalink) Mon Nov 15, 2004 9:20 am Wallflower |
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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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| #3 (permalink) Tue Nov 16, 2004 3:47 am Wallflower |
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| 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. |
thanks Alan |
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| #4 (permalink) Tue Feb 15, 2005 16:59 pm Wallflower |
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| 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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| #5 (permalink) Thu Dec 11, 2008 7:27 am Can "wallflower" be used as an idiom? If so, what does it mean? |
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Dear Alan,
Can i say " Mary was a bit of a wallflower at her look?" |
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| #6 (permalink) Thu Dec 11, 2008 9:59 am Can "wallflower" be used as an idiom? If so, what does it mean? |
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Hi Kathryn,
I'm afraid your sentence:
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| 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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| #7 (permalink) Mon Apr 26, 2010 23:37 pm Wallflower |
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| Helene wrote: |
| 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) |
And in German it's called: Mauerblümchen :-) |
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