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Monday quarterback
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monday quarterback — noun see monday morning quarterback … Useful english dictionary
monday morning quarterback — noun also monday quarterback Usage: usually capitalized Monday Etymology: so called from the fact that most American football games are played on weekends : a person who using hindsight criticizes what others have done easy to be a Monday morning … Useful english dictionary
monday morning quarterback — (USA) A Monday morning quarterback is someone who, with the benefit of hindsight, knows what should have been done in a situation … The small dictionary of idiomes
quarterback — quar‧ter‧back [ˈkwɔːtəbæk ǁ ˈkwɔːrtər ] verb [transitive] informal to organize or be in charge of an activity or event: • JPMS quarterbacked the selling effort of a Wall Street syndicate. * * * quarterback UK US /ˈkwɔːtəbæk/ verb [I or T] US ► to … Financial and business terms
Monday Night Countdown — Format National Football League Starring Chris Berman Mike Ditka … Wikipedia
Monday — O.E. mondæg, monandæg Monday, lit. day of the moon, from mona (gen. monan; see MOON (Cf. moon) (n.)) + dæg (see DAY (Cf. day)). Common Germanic (Cf. O.N. manandagr, O.Fris. monendei, Du. maandag … Etymology dictionary
Monday morning quarterback — ☆ Monday morning quarterback n. a person who, after the event, offers advice or criticism concerning decisions made by others; one who second guesses … English World dictionary
quarterback — (n.) in U.S. football, 1876, from QUARTER (Cf. quarter) (n.) + BACK (Cf. back) (n.); so called from his position on the field at the start of play between the halfback and the center. As a verb from 1945. Figurative sense from 1952. Monday… … Etymology dictionary
Monday-morning quarterbacking — DISAPPROVING ► the act of saying how an event or problem should have been dealt with by others after it has already been dealt with: »The criticism now is nothing more than Monday morning quarterbacking. Main Entry: ↑quarterback … Financial and business terms
Monday morning quarterback — Monday morning quarterbacking. Informal. a person who criticizes the actions or decisions of others after the fact, using hindsight to assess situations and specify alternative solutions. [1940 45] * * * … Universalium
Monday Night Football results (1990–2009) — Beginning in the 1970 NFL season, the National Football League began scheduling a weekly regular season game on Monday night before a national television audience. From 1970 2005, the ABC television network carried these games, with the ESPN… … Wikipedia
