back-seat driver
a person who gives unwanted advice
STATISTICS
IN THE PRESS
There are also times when BACK-SEAT DRIVERS can contribute to the driver of a vehicle getting into an accident or becoming incredibly distracted.
(ezinearticles.com)
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I find it hard to imagine why anyone should want to pay £195 for what amounts to the high-tech equivalent of a BACK-SEAT DRIVER.
(article from the Motor Institute Industry about the new MINI Cooper "talking dashboard")
(ezinearticles.com)
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I find it hard to imagine why anyone should want to pay £195 for what amounts to the high-tech equivalent of a BACK-SEAT DRIVER.
(article from the Motor Institute Industry about the new MINI Cooper "talking dashboard")
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back-seat driver (also backseat driver)
noun phrase
- a passenger in a car who keeps giving advice to the driver that the driver has not asked for
- (U.S.) a person who insists on giving unwanted advice
- (U.K.) a person who has controlling influence on something
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The back-seat driver
A driver is stopped by a police officer. The driver asks, "What's the problem officer?"
Officer: "You were going at least 75 in a 55 zone."
Man: "No sir, I was going 65."
Wife: "Oh, Harry. You were going 80." (The man glares at his wife.)
Officer: "I'm also going to give you a ticket for your broken tail light."
Man: "Broken tail light? I didn't know about a broken tail light!"
Wife: "Oh Harry, you've known about that tail light for weeks." (The man glares at his wife again.)
Officer: "I'm also going to give you a citation for not wearing your seatbelt."
Man: "Oh I just took it off when you were walking up to the car."
Wife: "Oh Harry, you never wear your seatbelt."
The man turns to his wife and yells, "Will you please be quiet?"
The officer turns to the woman and asks, "Does your husband always talk to you this way?"
The wife says, "No, only when he's drunk."
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SMUGGLE OWAD into today's conversation
"My sister was a back-seat driver until she got married to a driving instructor."
noun phrase
- a passenger in a car who keeps giving advice to the driver that the driver has not asked for
- (U.S.) a person who insists on giving unwanted advice
- (U.K.) a person who has controlling influence on something
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The back-seat driver
A driver is stopped by a police officer. The driver asks, "What's the problem officer?"
Officer: "You were going at least 75 in a 55 zone."
Man: "No sir, I was going 65."
Wife: "Oh, Harry. You were going 80." (The man glares at his wife.)
Officer: "I'm also going to give you a ticket for your broken tail light."
Man: "Broken tail light? I didn't know about a broken tail light!"
Wife: "Oh Harry, you've known about that tail light for weeks." (The man glares at his wife again.)
Officer: "I'm also going to give you a citation for not wearing your seatbelt."
Man: "Oh I just took it off when you were walking up to the car."
Wife: "Oh Harry, you never wear your seatbelt."
The man turns to his wife and yells, "Will you please be quiet?"
The officer turns to the woman and asks, "Does your husband always talk to you this way?"
The wife says, "No, only when he's drunk."
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SMUGGLE OWAD into today's conversation
"My sister was a back-seat driver until she got married to a driving instructor."
