back seat driver

back seat driver
UK / US noun [countable]
Word forms "back seat driver":
singular back seat driver plural back seat drivers
1) someone in a car who keeps telling the driver what to do and how to drive
2) someone who keeps giving advice about things that they are not responsible for

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