Meaning: An unneeded, extra person Origin: This is a proverb that was first used in France in the 16th century. A unicycle has one wheel; a bicycle has two wheels; a tricycle has 3 wheels. The fifth whell is a surplus thing, good for nothing. In the same way, if 2 couple are ging out on a double date, and extra person tags along could be called a "fifth wheel". Irenyweeny8 Fifth wheel can also mean a spare. Fifth wheel coupling. The coupling between a tractor unit and it's trailer.
Hi, I am in this situation sometimes. I have been in this situation 2 times. First time me and two friends hang out a lot then one day they decidied I was "bad" and they shruged me off. But anyway, a third wheel is when you are in a three way friendship and the 2 other friends just decide the other one isn't needed or they don't like him/her.
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5a is the spanish abbreviation for "quinta" (Like us writing 5th for fifth) and estacion is station. The fifth station
cinco de mayo is fifth of may
In Canada there is a show called the Fifth Estate. I take that to mean the Fifth Estate is the electronic media . If that is the case it would be first estate Church, second estate Nobility, third estate Common people, fourth estate media (ie print media), fifth estate Electronic media. That would mean Royalty is above all estates.
It's fifth wheel, and it means not needed or not wanted, as in a fifth wheel on an automobile.
You have to have a trailer attached to do this. Lower the landing gear to the ground to take pressure off the fifth wheel. DO NOT RELEASE THE TRAILER KING PIN. Go into the cab. To the right of the instrument panel, you'll see the switch for the fifth wheel slide. Unlock the fifth wheel. Pull backwards or forwards (whichever direction you're moving the fifth wheel). When you get it to where you want it, lock the fifth wheel. Pull forward or backwards slightly to ensure the fifth wheel is locked in place.
The Fifth Wheel - 1918 is rated/received certificates of: USA:Approved
not sure, but probably due to spare wheel(fifth wheel) used to be kept in pickup bed, which is where fifth wheel hitch goes. ==Not quite == In the days of horse-drawn wagons, the fifth wheel was a wheel placed horizontally over the front axle of a large wagon to facilitate turning. Basically, it allowed the front axle to pivot. Today, the coupler of a tractor-trailer truck is called the fifth wheel, mostly because it's round (somewhat) and is vaguely reminiscent of the wagon's fifth wheel (which much more closely resembled the wagon's other four wheels).
The Fifth Wheel - 1918 was released on: USA: 2 February 1918
I believe you mean a fifth wheel, as most vehicles have four wheels. It means that you don't fit into the group. You are an extra person when everyone else is paired up.
A man called Rudolph Steingass invented the fifth wheel and build a company producing and distributing them.
That depends on what make and model of fifth wheel you have... they're not all universal.
Using a fifth wheel, the F250 Super Duty Ford pickup truck can pull up to 16,800 pounds.
believe it or not the fifth wheel
I pull one with my 04 ford ranger but it's only a small 19 foot fifth wheel
A "Fifth Wheel" is a type of tow hitch for heavy loads. No, the fifth is not one kind of the octave.