Armchair quarterback
noun
a person who offers advice or an opinion on something in which they have no expertise or involvement
Examples
Super Bowl parties are full of armchair quarterbacks.
Word Origin
1940; as a person watching televised sports from an armchair
Usage Note
also armchair quarterbacking
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