Смысл: back-seat driver

back-seat driver[͵bæksi:tʹdraıvə]
ирон.
<Í> 1) пассажир, дающий водителю указание, как вести машину
2) безответственный человек, дающий советы или «ценные» указания

river Идиома

cry me a river

you can cry a lot but you will not get my sympathy, crocodile tears "When he complained about how much he had to pay his chauffeur, I said, ""Cry me a river, guy."""

in the driver's seat

controlling events or decisions, in charge Money and talent will put you in the driver's seat - in control.

send sb up the river

Idiom(s): send sb up the river

Theme: LEGAL

to send someone to prison. (Slang.)
• The judge sent Bill up the river for ten years.
• The same judge sent him up the river the last time.

Backseat driver

A backseat driver is an annoying person who is fond of giving advice to the person performing a task or doing something, especially when the advice is either wrong or unwelcome.

Sell down the river

If you sell someone down the river, you betray their trust.

Sunday driver

A Sunday driver drives very slowly and makes unexpected manoeuvres.

Up a river without a paddle

If you up a river without a paddle, you are in an unfortunate situation, unprepared and with none of the resources to remedy the matter.

Back Seat Driver

People who criticize from the sidelines, much like someone giving unwanted advice from the back seat of a vehicle to the driver.

backseat driver|backseat|driver

n., informal A bossy person in a car who always tells the driver what to do. The man who drove the car became angry with the back seat driver.

in the driver's seat|driver|driver's seat|seat

adv. phr. In control; having the power to make decisions. Stan is in the driver's seat now that he has been made our supervisor at the factory.

sell down the river|river|sell

v. phr. To give harmful information about someone or something to one's enemies; betray. The traitor sold his country down the river to the enemy army. The criminal told the hiding place of his companions and sold them down the river.
Compare: SELL OUT².

slave driver|driver|slave

n. A cruel, merciless boss or employer who makes the people under him work extremely hard for little compensation. Mr. Catwallender is such a slave driver that nobody cares to work for him anymore.

driver

driver
see backseat driver; in the driver's seat.

river

river
see sell down the river; up the river.

up the river

up the river
To or in prison, as in They sent him up the river for five years. This phrase originally referred to Sing-Sing Prison, on the Hudson River about 30 miles north of New York City. So used from about 1890 on, it was broadened to apply to any prison by the early 1900s.