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  • 11wallflower — geltonžiedė smalka statusas T sritis vardynas atitikmenys: lot. Cheiranthus cheiri angl. common wallflower; gillyflower; wallflower vok. echter Goldlack; gemeiner Goldlack rus. желтофиоль садовая; лакфиоль обыкновенная lenk. lak pachnący; lak… …

    Dekoratyvinių augalų vardynas

  • 12wallflower — n. a shy person. □ Clare was sort of a wallflower until she graduated. □ Don’t be a wallflower. Come to the reception …

    Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions

  • 13wallflower — {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. / …

    Dictionary of American idioms

  • 14wallflower — {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. / …

    Dictionary of American idioms

  • 15Wallflower — A stock that has fallen out of favor with investors and, consequently, tends to trade at a low P/E. Also called orphan stock. In general terms, a wallflower is somebody who remains on the sidelines of a social activity. The financial sense of the …

    Investment dictionary

  • 16wallflower — noun 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 …

    Словарь американских идиом

  • 17wallflower —    A woman politician given an unimportant government position so that the government can pretend it takes women seriously is a wallflower.   (Dorking School Dictionary) …

    English Idioms & idiomatic expressions

  • 18wallflower —    a young woman who is failing to attract a male companion    From the far off days when girls sat around the periphery of dance halls, waiting for a male partner to ask them to take the floor with him:     Suddenly came the sweet green age of… …

    How not to say what you mean: A dictionary of euphemisms

  • 19Wallflower —   A woman politician given an unimportant government position so that the government can pretend it takes women seriously is a wallflower …

    Dictionary of English idioms

  • 20wallflower — smalkinis tvertikas statusas T sritis vardynas apibrėžtis Bastutinių šeimos dekoratyvinis, vaistinis augalas (Erysimum cheiri), kilęs iš Graikijos. Iš jo gaunamas eterinis aliejus. atitikmenys: lot. Cheiranthus cheiri; Erysimum cheiri angl.… …

    Lithuanian dictionary (lietuvių žodynas)