| 词汇 | monday-morning quarterback |
| 词源 | Monday-morning quarterback. Someone who plans strate- gies or criticizes the actions of others with the benefit of hindsight and not in the heat of battle is a Monday-morning quarterback. The Americanism is from football, dating back to the early 1940s, and originally referred to the fervid fan who tells anyone who will listen on Monday morning just what the quarterback in Satur- day’s or Sunday’s game should have done. |
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