on the outside, looking in

Excluded from something that one wanted to participate in. All of my friends were invited to the biggest party of the year, and here I am, on the outside, looking in. We need to win some games, or else we'll be on the outside looking in during the playoffs.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
An (1)	-	Chinese, Vietnamese
Magdalena	mahg-dah-LE-nah (Polish), mahk-dah-LE-nah (German), MAHG-dah-le-nah (Finnish), mag-da-LAY-na (English)	Polish, German, Dutch, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Spanish, Occitan, Slovene, Czech, Bulgarian, Mace
Toria	TAWR-yə	English
Van	[væn]
Neil	NEEL (English)	Irish, Scottish, English
Spas	-	Bulgarian