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armchair critic

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  • armchair critic — An armchair critic is someone who offers advice but never shows that they could actually do any better …   The small dictionary of idiomes

  • armchair critic —    An armchair critic is someone who offers advice but never shows that they could actually do any better.   (Dorking School Dictionary)    ***    An armchair critic is someone who gives advice based on theory rather than practice.     That guy… …   English Idioms & idiomatic expressions

  • armchair — [[t]ɑ͟ː(r)mtʃeə(r)[/t]] armchairs 1) N COUNT An armchair is a big comfortable chair which has a support on each side for your arms. She was sitting in an armchair with blankets wrapped round her. 2) ADJ: ADJ n An armchair critic, fan, or… …   English dictionary

  • critic — crit|ic W3 [ˈkrıtık] n [Date: 1500 1600; : Latin; Origin: criticus, from Greek kritikos, from krinein; CRITERION] 1.) someone whose job is to make judgments about the good and bad qualities of art, music, films etc = ↑reviewer… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • armchair — /ˈamtʃɛə / (say ahmchair) noun 1. a chair with arms to support the forearms or elbows. –adjective 2. amateur: an armchair critic. 3. taking part in an activity mentally, rather than in reality: an armchair traveller. 4. seen or enjoyed at home:… …  

  • armchair — n. 1 a comfortable, usu. upholstered, chair with side supports for the arms. 2 (attrib.) theoretical rather than active or practical ({{}}an armchair critic) …   Useful english dictionary

  • Armchair architecture — is generally any architectural design prepared by a person who is interested in architecture but is not a professional architect. An armchair architect is a person who claims to speak authoritatively about or dabbles in architecture but who is… …   Wikipedia

  • armchair — (n.) also arm chair, 1630s, from ARM (Cf. arm) (n.1) + CHAIR (Cf. chair); adjective sense in reference to criticism of matters in which the critic takes no active part is from 1886 …   Etymology dictionary

  • Armchair — An armchair is a chair with arm rests.Armchair may also refer to: *Armchair nanotube, a carbon nanotube with chiral symmetry *Armchair, a sitting sex position *Armchair (bus company), a bus operator in London * Armchair , a song by Avail from… …   Wikipedia

  • armchair — 1 noun (C) a comfortable chair with sides that you can rest your arms on 2 adjective armchair traveller/critic etc someone who talks or reads about being a traveller etc, but does not have any real experience of it …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • armchair general —  / QUARTERBACK  Critic who does not have experience in the area he or she is critizing; know it all …   American business jargon

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