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A Backseat Driver is someone who gives unwanted and unneeded advice, and sometimes also criticism. A Backseat Driver usually interfers in affairs without having the authority and knowledge to do so.
Example of use: "Daisy is such a backseat driver, she needs to stop interfering – no one asked for her advice."
“Jake tries to sound like an authority on the subject but he’s actually a backseat driver.”