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barrack-room lawyer

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  • barrack-room lawyer — (UK) A barrack room lawyer is a person who gives opinions on things they are not qualified to speak about …   The small dictionary of idiomes

  • barrack-room lawyer — noun 1. An argumentative soldier given to disputing military procedure 2. Hence any insistent but unqualified giver of advice • • • Main Entry: ↑barrack …   Useful english dictionary

  • barrack-room lawyer — ► NOUN Brit. ▪ a person who speaks with apparent authority on subjects in which they are not qualified …   English terms dictionary

  • barrack-room lawyer — (UK)    A barrack room lawyer is a person who gives opinions on things they are not qualified to speak about.   (Dorking School Dictionary) …   English Idioms & idiomatic expressions

  • barrack-room lawyer —    an opinionated but well informed know all    Usually an old soldier who combines knowledge of army regulations with experience and bloody mindedness. In America also as barracks lawyer and in the navy as ship s lawyer or sea lawyer:     Who… …   How not to say what you mean: A dictionary of euphemisms

  • barrack-room lawyer — noun Brit. a person who makes authoritative sounding pronouncements on subjects in which they are not qualified …   English new terms dictionary

  • barrack-room lawyer —  Person not in authority who claims to know all the rules, or creates difficulties by quoting them …   A concise dictionary of English slang

  • barrack — 1. n. & v. n. (usu. in pl., often treated as sing.) 1 a building or building complex used to house soldiers. 2 any building used to accommodate large numbers of people. 3 a large building of a bleak or plain appearance. v.tr. place (soldiers… …   Useful english dictionary

  • lawyer — n. 1) to hire, retain a lawyer 2) a practicing lawyer 3) a civil rights; corporation; criminal; trial lawyer 4) a Philadelphia ( shrewd ) lawyer 5) (humorous; usu. mil.) a barrack room (esp. BE), guardhouse (esp. AE) lawyer ( a soldier who claims …   Combinatory dictionary

  • guardhouse lawyer —    American    an opinionated know all and troublemaker    Also known as a barrack room lawyer.    Guard duty involves much tedium, providing fertile ground for bores and agitators. General as well as military use …   How not to say what you mean: A dictionary of euphemisms

  • sea-lawyer —    see barrack room lawyer …   How not to say what you mean: A dictionary of euphemisms

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