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词汇 sidewalk superintendent
释义
sidewalk superintendent
Theme: CRITICISM
n. any critic.
If another sidewalk superintendent comes in here and tries to tell me how to manage this office, heads will roll.I hate to be a sidewalk superintendent, but this plan is all wrong.
Theme: OBSERVATION
n. someone who—out of curiosity—watches excavations being dug and buildings being built.
All day, the lines of sidewalk superintendents oozed by.I don't want any advice from a sidewalk superintendent.
idiomsidewalk superintendent AmEAmEsomeone who annoys people by watching them work and giving advice about how to do it, even when they do not know anything about it:The new 45-minute videotape, "Installing Your New Kitchen", will make it easier for homeowners to be sidewalk superintendents if a contractor does the job.Joggers and part-time sidewalk superintendents watched as work crews tore up a three-block stretch of State Street.

sidewalk superintendent

slang Someone who observes a construction or demolition job with great interest from a vantage point outside of the job site, such as the sidewalk. There was a whole crowd of sidewalk superintendents gathered around to see the historic theater being leveled to the ground. Apparently I was quite the sidewalk superintendent as a child, spending hours watching construction crews go about their business.

sidewalk superintendent

1. n. someone who—out of curiosity—watches excavations being dug and buildings being built. All day, the lines of sidewalk superintendents oozed by.
2. n. any critic. If another sidewalk superintendent comes in here and tries to tell me how to manage this office, heads will roll.
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