a person who is in a situation where they are not needed
an extra and unnecessary person or thing
also known as “fifth wheel“
I was the only person at the dinner party without a date. I felt like a third wheel.
I felt like a fifth wheel when I couldn’t speak English well with my English teacher.
I’m going, I don’t want to be a fifth wheel.
I quit my bank job and am preparing for civil service. Now I feel like I am a third wheel.
The way I live my life, I always feel like a fifth wheel.
There is no origin for this idiom
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