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A

An accident waiting to happen


o Potentially disastrous situation, usually caused by negligent or faulty
procedures ;
Eg: 1997 Times Accidents are often said to be 'waiting to
happen'. It does not take much imagination to see that the
chaotic start to the Whitbread round-the-world race... could
easily have ended in tragedy.
o A person certain to cause trouble
D

Back seat driver


o A passenger in a vehicle who constantly gives the driver unwanted
advice on how to drive
Eg: A person who knows driving generally becomes a back seat
driver when travelling with someone else driving the car
o Someone who lectures and criticizes the person actually in control of
something.
Eg: Though not a professional cricketer, one tends performs
back seat driver when watching cricket.

References : Oxford dictionary of idioms

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