back-seat driver

back-seat driver
a) A person sitting in the back-seat of a car issuing (unsolicited and usually unwanted) instructions to the driver.
b) An opinionated person who offers (unsolicited and often unwanted) advice on the best way to handle a situation.

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  • back-seat driver — back seat drivers also backseat driver 1) N COUNT (disapproval) If you refer to a passenger in a car as a back seat driver, they annoy you because they constantly give you advice. 2) N COUNT (disapproval) If you refer to someone, especially a… …   English dictionary

  • back seat driver — noun count 1. ) someone who keeps giving advice about things that they are not responsible for 2. ) someone in a car who keeps telling the driver what to do and how to drive …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • back-seat driver — ► NOUN informal ▪ a passenger in a car who gives the driver unwanted advice …   English terms dictionary

  • back-seat driver — noun 1. Someone free of responsibility but full of advice 2. Someone controlling from a position from which he or she ought not to control • • • Main Entry: ↑back …   Useful english dictionary

  • back-seat driver — ☆ back seat driver [bak′sēt΄ ] n. a passenger in an automobile who offers unwanted advice about driving * * * …   Universalium

  • back-seat driver — ☆ back seat driver [bak′sēt΄ ] n. a passenger in an automobile who offers unwanted advice about driving …   English World dictionary

  • Back seat driver — A back seat driver is a passenger in a vehicle who is not in control of the vehicle and appears to be uncomfortable with the skills of the current driver and/or feels the need to tutor said driver. Some backseat drivers exhibit this type of… …   Wikipedia

  • back seat driver — UK / US noun [countable] Word forms back seat driver : singular back seat driver plural back seat drivers 1) someone in a car who keeps telling the driver what to do and how to drive 2) someone who keeps giving advice about things that they are… …   English dictionary

  • back-seat driver — noun informal a passenger in a car who gives the driver unwanted advice …   English new terms dictionary

  • ˌback seat ˈdriver — noun [C] someone in a car who keeps telling the driver how to drive …   Dictionary for writing and speaking English

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