to play gooseberry
[feel] like a gooseberry

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to be in the company of two people who prefer to be alone, particularly a romantic couple

Dialectbritish flagBritish
Idiom
Informal
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Mary reluctantly joined her brother and his girlfriend on their picnic, feeling like a gooseberry as they shared tender moments.
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