Idiom
third wheel
Meaning
An individual or object that serves no useful purpose.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“I feel like a third wheel when I go out with them.”
“They invited me to dinner, but I felt like a third wheel while they talked about their vacation.”
“Although he was invited to join his friends for the evening, he felt like a third wheel throughout the night as they focused entirely on each other.”
Examples
simple
“I feel like a third wheel when I go out with them.”
contextual
“They invited me to dinner, but I felt like a third wheel while they talked about their vacation.”
complex
“Although he was invited to join his friends for the evening, he felt like a third wheel throughout the night as they focused entirely on each other.”
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