An accident waiting to happen refers to a potentially dangerous situation caused by negligence that could easily result in tragedy. A back seat driver is a passenger in a vehicle who constantly gives unwanted advice to the actual driver, or someone who criticizes the person in control without being responsible themselves. Both idioms describe situations where harm may occur due to irresponsible oversight or unnecessary interference from those not directly responsible.
An accident waiting to happen refers to a potentially dangerous situation caused by negligence that could easily result in tragedy. A back seat driver is a passenger in a vehicle who constantly gives unwanted advice to the actual driver, or someone who criticizes the person in control without being responsible themselves. Both idioms describe situations where harm may occur due to irresponsible oversight or unnecessary interference from those not directly responsible.
An accident waiting to happen refers to a potentially dangerous situation caused by negligence that could easily result in tragedy. A back seat driver is a passenger in a vehicle who constantly gives unwanted advice to the actual driver, or someone who criticizes the person in control without being responsible themselves. Both idioms describe situations where harm may occur due to irresponsible oversight or unnecessary interference from those not directly responsible.
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.