wallflower

[wallflower] {n.}

A girl who has to sit out dances because nobody is asking her to dance.

* /"I used to be a wallflower during my high school days," Valerie complained, "but my luck changed for better once I got into college."/

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Source: A Dictionary of American Idioms


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