| 单词 | monday morning quarterback |
| 释义 | Monday morning quarterbackSEE SYNONYMS FOR Monday morning quarterback ON THESAURUS.COM noun Informal.a person who criticizes the actions or decisions of others after the fact, using hindsight to assess situations and specify alternative solutions. Origin of Monday morning quarterbackFirst recorded in 1940–45 OTHER WORDS FROM Monday morning quarterbackMonday morning quarterbacking, nounWords nearby Monday morning quarterbackmondaine, Mondale, Monday, Monday Club, Mondayize, Monday morning quarterback, Mondays, monde, mondegreen, Mondeo Man, mondial Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 British Dictionary definitions for Monday morning quarterbackMonday morning quarterback nounmainly US and Canadian informal a person who criticizes or suggests alternative courses of action from a position of hindsight after the event in question Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Idioms and Phrases with Monday morning quarterbackMonday-morning quarterback A person who criticizes or passes judgment from a position of hindsight, as in Ethel was a Monday-morning quarterback about all the personnel changes in her department—she always claimed to have known what was going to happen. This expression, first recorded in 1932, alludes to fans who verbally “replay” Sunday's football game the next day, the quarterback being the team member who calls the plays. The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. |
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