mouche du coche
French
Etymology
From the fable Le Coche et la Mouche by Jean de La Fontaine.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /muʃ dy kɔʃ/
Noun
mouche du coche f (plural mouches du coche)
- (derogatory, figuratively) back-seat driver, kibitzer (person who pretends to be useful by offering unsolicited advice or by running around without actually doing any work)