backseat driver
noun[C]
uk/ˌbæk.siːt ˈdraɪ.vər/us/ˌbæk.siːt ˈdraɪ.vɚ/apassengerin acarwhokeepsgiving thedriveradvicethat he or she has notaskedfor:
乱指点司机的乘客;多管闲事的人figurativeIt isexpectedthat theformerCEOwill be a backseatdriver(= have acontrollinginfluenceon whathappens)on the company'sboard.人们料定前任首席执行官会对董事会指手画脚。
Giving advice
- (a) word to the wiseidiom
- admonish
- advice column
- advice columnist
- advisability
- adviser
- agony aunt
- agony uncle
- bum steer
- clinic
- consultant
- consulting
- counsel
- counselling
- guidepost
- handler
- hold a clinicidiom
- lifestyle manager
- waste
- would