AS USELESS AS A FIFTH WHEEL

Meaning of AS USELESS AS A FIFTH WHEEL in English

not useful, not needed, redundant, (four wheels are sufficient)

I sat there watching the four of them play bridge, and feeling as useless as a fifth wheel.

Wayne Magnuson. English idioms vocabulary. Словарь английских идиом. 2012

AS USELESS AS A FIFTH WHEEL — not useful, not needed, redundant, (four wheels are sufficient) I sat there watching the four of them play bridge, and …
English Idioms vocab
AS — I. əz, (ˈ)az adverb Etymology: Middle English as, alse, alswa, adverb & conjunction, from Old English alswā, ealswā, ælswā just …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
AS — as 1 /az/ ; unstressed /euhz/ , adv. 1. to the same degree, amount, or extent; similarly; equally: I don't …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
AS — / əz; NAmE ; strong form æz/ preposition , adverb , conjunction ■ preposition 1. used to describe sb/sth appearing …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
AS — I. as 1 S1 W1 /əz; strong æz/ BrE AmE preposition , adverb [ Language: Old English ; Origin: eallswa …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
AS — adv., conj., & pron. --adv. & conj. (adv. as antecedent in main sentence; conj. in relative clause expressed or implied) …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
AS — adv., conj., & pron. adv. & conj. (adv. as antecedent in main sentence; conj. in relative clause expressed or implied) …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
AS — 1. adv., conj., & pron. --adv. & conj. (adv. as antecedent in main sentence; conj. in relative clause expressed or …
Oxford English vocab
AS — I. CONJUNCTION AND PREPOSITION USES /əz, STRONG æz/ Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
AS — I. preposition COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a critic hails sth/sb as sth (= describes someone or something as very good …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
AS — (полная форма); (редуцированные формы) 1. предл. 1) в качестве; как He was employed as a teacher ≈ Он служил учителем. …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
AS — as.ogg _I 1. æz (полная форма); əz,z (редуцированные формы) rel pron 1. вводит придаточные определительные предложения или обороты с such …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
AS — _I 1. æz (полная форма); əz,z (редуцированные формы) rel pron 1. вводит придаточные определительные предложения или обороты с such , …
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
AS — 1. _rel. 1> какой, который; this is the same book as I lost - это такая же книга, как та, …
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - 24 редакция
AS — 1. rel. 1. какой, который; this is the same book as I lost - это такая же книга, как та, …
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - редакция bed
AS — (полная форма); əz , z (редуцированные формы) 1. _pron. _rel. 1> какой, который; this is the same book as I …
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера
AS — (полная форма); (редуцированные формы) 1. предл. 1) в качестве; как He was employed as a teacher ≈ Он служил учителем. …
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
FIFTH — noun (plural ~s) Etymology: Middle English fifte, ~e, from Old English fīfta, from fīf five Date: before 12th century see: …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
WHEEL — I. ˈhwēl, esp before pause or consonant -ēəl; also ˈwē- noun ( -s ) Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
FIFTH — I. ˈfif(t)th, ˈfift, rapid or substand ˈfith adjective Etymology: Middle English fifte, fifthe, adjective & noun, from Old English fīfta …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
USELESS — ˈyüslə̇s adjective Etymology: use (I) + -less : having or being of no use : producing no good end : …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
USELESS — (a.) Having, or being of, no use; unserviceable; producing no good end; answering no valuable purpose; not advancing the end …
Английский словарь Webster
FIFTH — (n.) The quotient of a unit divided by five; one of five equal parts; a fifth part.
Английский словарь Webster
USELESS — ( a. ) Having, or being of, no use; unserviceable; producing no good end; answering no valuable purpose; not advancing …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
WHEEL — — wheelless , adj. /hweel, weel/ , n. 1. a circular frame or disk arranged to revolve on an axis, …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
USELESS — — uselessly , adv. — uselessness , n. /yoohs"lis/ , adj. 1. of no use; not serving the purpose or …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
FIFTH — /fifth/ or, often, /fith/ , adj. 1. next after the fourth; being the ordinal number for five. 2. being one …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
WHEEL — I. ˈhwēl, ˈwēl noun Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English, from Old English hweogol, hwēol; akin to Old Norse hvēl …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
USELESS — adjective Date: 1592 : having or being of no use: a. : ineffectual a useless attempt b. : not able …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
FIFTH — noun ( plural fifths ˈfiths, ˈfif(t)ths, ˈfif(t)s) Etymology: Middle English fifte, fifthe, from Old English fīfta, from fīf five Date: …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
WHEEL — vi to roll forward. 2. wheel ·noun the burden or refrain of a song. 3. wheel ·noun a turn revolution; …
Webster English vocab
USELESS — adj having, or being of, no use; unserviceable; producing no good end; answering no valuable purpose; not advancing the end …
Webster English vocab
FIFTH — adj consisting of one of five equal divisions of a thing. 2. fifth ·adj next in order after the fourth; …
Webster English vocab
FIFTH — ■ ordinal number 1》 constituting number five in a sequence; 5th. 2》 ( a ~/one ~ ) each of five …
Concise Oxford English vocab
FIFTH — [fifth] n, pl fifths (bef. 12c) 1: one that is number five in a countable series 2. a: the musical …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
USELESS — useless BrE AmE ˈjuːs ləs -lɪs ▷ useless|ly li ▷ useless|ness nəs nɪs
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
FIFTH — fifth BrE AmE fɪfθ fɪftθ, fɪθ ▷ fifths fɪfθs fɪftθs, fɪfs, fɪθs ▶ ˌ Fifth A ˈ mendment BrE AmE …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
WHEEL — / wiːl; NAmE / noun , verb ■ noun ON / IN VEHICLES 1. [ C ] one of the …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
USELESS — / ˈjuːsləs; NAmE / adjective 1. useless (to do sth) | useless (doing sth) not useful; not doing or achieving …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
FIFTH — / fɪfθ; NAmE / ordinal number , noun ■ ordinal number 5th : Today is the fifth (of May). the …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
WHEEL — I. wheel 1 S2 W3 /wiːl/ BrE AmE noun [countable] [ Language: Old English ; Origin: hweogol , hweol ] …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
USELESS — use ‧ less /ˈjuːsləs/ BrE AmE adjective [ Word Family: noun : ↑ usage , ↑ use , ↑ disuse …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
FIFTH — I. fifth 1 /fɪfθ/ BrE AmE adjective [ Language: Old English ; Origin: fifta , from fif 'five' ] 1 …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
WHEEL — n. & v. --n. 1 a circular frame or disc arranged to revolve on an axle and used to facilitate …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
USELESS — adj. 1 serving no purpose; unavailing (the contents were made useless by damp; protest is useless). 2 colloq. feeble or …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
FIFTH — n. & adj. --n. 1 the position in a sequence corresponding to that of the number 5 in the sequence …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
WHEEL — n. & v. n. 1 a circular frame or disc arranged to revolve on an axle and used to facilitate …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
USELESS — adj. 1 serving no purpose; unavailing (the contents were made useless by damp; protest is useless). 2 colloq. feeble or …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
FIFTH — n. & adj. n. 1 the position in a sequence corresponding to that of the number 5 in the sequence …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
WHEEL — n. & v. --n. 1. a circular frame or disc arranged to revolve on an axle and used to facilitate …
Oxford English vocab
USELESS — adj.1 serving no purpose; unavailing (the contents were made useless by damp; protest is useless). 2 colloq. feeble or ineffectual …
Oxford English vocab
FIFTH — n. & adj. --n. 1. the position in a sequence corresponding to that of the number 5 in the sequence …
Oxford English vocab
WHEEL — ( wheels, wheeling, wheeled) Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English. 1. The wheels …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
USELESS — 1. If something is useless , you cannot use it. He realised that their money was useless in this country... …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
FIFTH — ( fifths) Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English. 1. The fifth item in …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
WHEEL — I. noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a bicycle wheel/tyre ▪ My front bicycle tyre is flat. big wheel Catherine wheel …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
USELESS — adjective COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES as good as dead/ruined/useless etc ▪ This carpet’s as good as ruined. COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
FIFTH — adjective COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES fifth column PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES plead/take the Fifth (Amendment) EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES ▪ …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
USELESS — [adjective]Without fuel, the vehicles will become useless (= of no use) for moving supplies.When he's in one of his moods, …
Cambridge English vocab
FIFTH — [determiner], [pronoun], [adjective], [adverb] [not gradable], nounthe fifth floor of the buildingTomorrow is the fifth of September.She is fifth in …
Cambridge English vocab
WHEEL — Synonyms and related words : BMOC, Charybdis, Ferris wheel, O, Procrustean bed, airscrew, alternate, annular muscle, annulus, areola, arsis, association, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
FIFTH — See: TAKE THE FIFTH.
Slang English vocab
USELESS — adj. 1 of no use VERBS ▪ be , feel , prove ▪ Her efforts to avoid him proved ~. …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
USELESS — INDEX: 1. when something is not useful 2. objects that are useless and not needed 3. actions or activities that …
Longman Activator English vocab

English Idioms vocabulary

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