arm-chair pilot
n.— «One sure way to tell the real thing from an arm-chair pilot…put the stick in his hand and give him a job to do.» —in advert. for Chesterfield cigarettes Clearfield Progress (Pa.) Aug. 10, 1936. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
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