Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/12/04

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Subject: Re: [Leica] La cinqueime roue du carosse...
From: "Noel H. Charchuk" <nhcharch@calcna.ab.ca>
Date: Fri, 4 Dec 1998 07:41:10 -0700 (MST)
 
Fifth wheel is the usual English equivalent for something useless, here in
Canada as well.
Noel




On Fri, 4 Dec 1998, Oddmund Garvik wrote:

> 
> Francesco:
> 
> >>La cinquieme roue du carrosse!...
> >> 
> >
> >The fifth "something" of "something"
> >can someone translate?  My 5 years of French
> >escapes me now.
> 
> Roue - wheel
> 
> Carosse - from italian "carozza", coach grand luxe, normally with four wheels,
> (French dictionary Petit Larousse - I don't have any English dictionary). 
> 
> The fifth wheel on the coach (?) 
> 
> There might be another expression for that in English (American), I don't know.
> 
> Oddmund
> 
>