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back-seat driver Noun Informal a person who offers unwanted advice
Translations back-seat driver n → Mitfahrer, der dem Fahrer dazwischenredet How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Far too many of these back-seat drivers espouse the philosophy that the end justifies the means regardless of the route taken. After all, remember how Ken Tynan once described critics as back-seat drivers facing the wrong way, and certainly critics are usually pretty good on the past, moderately good on the present, and helpless and hopeless for the future. Riordan and his 15 back-seat drivers on the council have washed their hands of their sworn responsibility to look after the people's money. |
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