armchair quarterback
| Main Entry: | armchair quarterback |
| Part of Speech: | n |
| Definition: | a person who offers advice or an opinion on something in which they have no expertise or involvement |
| Example: | Super Bowl parties are full of armchair quarterbacks. |
| Etymology: | 1940; as a person watching televised sports from an armchair |
| Usage: | also armchair quarterbacking |
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