fifth wheel

English

fifth wheel (plural fifth wheels)

A type of trailer hitch, which consists of a horseshoe-shaped plate on a multi-directional pivot, with a locking pin to couple with the kingpin of a truck trailer.
A very large truck trailer; an 18-wheeler.
A very large trailer that is towed with a pickup truck.
A horizontal wheel or segment above the fore axle of a carriage and beneath the body, forming an extended support to prevent careening.
(idiomatic) Anything superfluous or unnecessary.
As the third person along on their date, I felt like a fifth wheel.

I felt like a fifth wheel when they started giggling and making out during dinner.

a type of trailer hitch

a very large truck trailer

a very large trailer

anything superfluous or unnecessary

Amharic: please add this translation if you can
Arabic: الصنيَة‎ f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 電燈泡 (zh), 电灯泡 (zh) (diàndēng pào), 燈泡 (zh), 灯泡 (zh) (dēng pào), 電燈泡兒 (zh), 电灯泡儿 (zh) (diàndēng pàor), 燈泡兒, 灯泡儿 (dēng pàor)
Czech: páté kolo u vozu (cs) n
Dutch: 't vijfde wiel (aan de wagen)
Finnish: kolmas pyörä
French: cinquième roue du carrosse (fr) f
German: fünftes Rad am Wagen n
Hungarian: ötödik kerék, felesleges (hu)
Icelandic: aðskotadýr n

Italian: ultima ruota del carro f
Japanese: 無用の長物 (むようのちょうぶつ, muyō no chōbutsu), 長物 (ちょうぶつ, chōbutsu)
Korean: please add this translation if you can
Lithuanian: penkta koja f
Polish: piąte koło n (u wozu)
Portuguese: quinta roda f, peso morto (pt) m
Russian: (как теле́ге) пя́тое колесо́ n (pjátoje kolesó), (как соба́ке) пя́тая нога́ f (pjátaja nogá)
Slovak: piate koleso u voza
Spanish: quedarse tocando el violín
Swedish: femte (sv) hjulet (sv) n
Vietnamese: please add this translation if you can

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