| 单词 | backseat driver |
| 释义 | backseat driverSEE SYNONYMS FOR backseat driver ON THESAURUS.COM nounan automobile passenger who offers the driver unsolicited advice, warnings, criticism, etc., especially from the backseat. any person who, by means of criticism, unsolicited advice, or the like, interferes in affairs that are not his or her concern or responsibility. Origin of backseat driverFirst recorded in 1925–30 OTHER WORDS FROM backseat driverbackseat driving, nounWords nearby backseat driverbacksaw, backscatter, back score, back scratcher, backseat, backseat driver, backset, back shaft, backsheesh, back shift, backshore Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 British Dictionary definitions for backseat driverback-seat driver noun informala passenger in a car who offers unwanted advice to the driver a person who offers advice on or tries to direct matters that are not his or her concern Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Idioms and Phrases with backseat driverbackseat driver A passenger who gives unwanted and/or unneeded directions to the driver; also, a person who interferes in affairs without having knowledge, responsibility, or authority for doing so. For example, Aunt Mary drives us all crazy with her instructions; she's an incurable backseat driver. This term originated in the United States in the 1920s, when it was first used for a passenger legitimately directing a chauffeur, and it was quickly transferred to figurative use. Also see the synonym Monday-morning quarterback and the antonym take a back seat. The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. |
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