fifth wheel

When France discovered that the United States, Australia and Britain had secretly negotiated a submarine technology deal, effectively scuttling a separate Franco-Australian agreement, French officials mocked Britain as a “fifth wheel on the carriage.”

The son attempted to back his truck and fifth wheel trailer from the street up the incline of the driveway, Huserik said.

“Great Britain in this matter is a bit of a fifth wheel on the carriage,” Le Drian said in the France 2 interview.

“Gene therapy is taking a fifth wheel and putting it somewhere on the car and hoping it runs. Gene editing is repairing the flat.”

Tiny houses are generally inexpensive, have more amenities than a travel trailer or fifth wheel, and are easily transportable from place to place.