noun

gooseberry

gooseberry, third wheel

We picked gooseberries from the bush.

We picked gooseberries from the bush.

I felt like a gooseberry on their date.

I felt like a third wheel on their date.

((a)) gooseberry (fruit) We picked gooseberries from the bush.

to be a third wheel (idiom) I felt like a third wheel on their date.

Synonyms: (idiom) third wheel

A compound of 'goose' and 'berry'. The connection to 'goose' is not clear.

Imagine a goose awkwardly standing next to a berry bush. For the idiom, 'playing gooseberry' is like being the odd one out, similar to being a 'third wheel'.

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