a fifth wheel

a fifth/third wheel

(American)

someone who is in a situation where they are not really needed or are ignored by other people I don't have a role in the office any more - I feel like a fifth wheel.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Osamu	o-sah-moo	Japanese
Yanna	-	Greek
Teresa	te-RE-sah (Spanish, Polish), te-RE-zah (Italian, German), TE-re-sah (Finnish), tə-REE-sə (English), tə-REE-zə (English)	Spanish, Portuguese, Italian, Finnish, Polish, German, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, English
Iapetos	-	Greek Mythology
Ahmed	-	Turkish, Bosnian, Arabic, Urdu, Pashto
Ela (2)	-	Turkish