Backseat driver idiom armchair quarterback

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He was shifting about uneasily in his chair.

He sat nervously on the edge of his chair.

He sank into his chair and opened the letter.

He put his feet up on the desk and lay back in his chair.

He pushed back his chair and got to his feet.

He lay back in the reclining chair and went to sleep.

He held the Chair of Psychology at Yale.

He held the Chair of Botany at Cambridge University for thirty years.

He got up from his chair to address the meeting.

Anne took the chair= was chairperson in Carol's absence.

Anne took the chair in Carol's absence.

A private benefactor endowed the new Chair of Japanese Literature.

A chair lift carried us to the top of the ski run.

вЂPlease, be my guest.вЂ™ He gestured towards an empty chair.

an aisle/a window seat (= in a bus/plane/train).

the passenger seat/driver's seat (= in a car).

Seat is also used for the place where you sit in a vehicle:

a wheelchair/deckchair/high chair/rocking chairД¬hair or seat? A chair is a piece of furniture designed for sitting on a seat is anywhere that you can sit:.

Middle English: from Old French chaiere (modern chaire вЂbishop's throne, etc.вЂ™, chaise вЂchairвЂ™), from Latin cathedra вЂseatвЂ™, from Greek kathedra. the chair singular (US, informal) = electric chair

He holds the chair of philosophy at Oxford.Д¤.

countable the position of being in charge of a department in a university

All remarks should be addressed to the chair.ДЈ.

He was elected chair of the city council.

She takes the chair in all our meetings.the chair singular the position of being in charge of a meeting or committee the person who holds this position See also armchair, deckchair, easy chair, high chair, musical chairs, rocking chair, wheelchairДў. an old man asleep in a chair (= an armchairВ ).countable a piece of furniture for one person to sit on, with a back, a seat and four legs Oxford Advanced Learner's DictionaryД¬hair noun, verb ДЎ. People were sitting on blankets or folding chairs, listening to the outdoor concert.в–Є a folding chair (=one which you can fold so it is flat) In the kitchen was a table with six wooden chairs around it.She came and sat in an empty chair beside me.

в–Є an empty chair (=with no one using it) I sat on a hard chair in the corridor and waited.

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The hotel had a TV room with some nice comfy chairs.

в–Є a comfortable chair ( also a comfy chair informal)

Everyone was outside, lounging in chairs in the sun.

в–Є lounge in a chair (=sit in one in a very relaxed way) в–Є push back your chair (=in order to get up)

вЂLook at the time!вЂ™ she cried, jumping up from her chair.

в–Є jump up from your chair (=get up quickly)

He got up from his chair and walked to the window.

в–Є get up from your chair ( also rise from your chair formal)

Eileen collapsed into a chair and burst out crying.

в–Є collapse in/into a chair (=sit down suddenly because you are very tired or upset) в–Є sink/slump/flop into a chair (=sit down in one in a tired or unhappy way)

He leant back in his chair and took out his pipe.

в–Є take a chair (=sit down in one in a particular place)

Pull up a chair and look at these pictures.

в–Є pull/draw up a chair (=move a chair nearer someone or something) the chair American English informal theВ electric chair the position of being a universityВ professorД¤.

He was nominated as chair of the board of governors.ДЈ.

Who will be in the chair at tomorrowвЂ™s meeting?.

Address your questions to the chair, please.the position of being in charge of a meeting or committee, or the person who is in charge of it:

a piece of furniture for one person to sit on, which has a back, a seat, and four legs:Дў.