指手画脚

zhǐ shǒu huà jiǎo

to boss people about; to criticise from the sidelines

Character by character

指zhǐ
point

手shǒu
hands

画huà
draw

脚jiǎo
feet

你又不会做，别在旁边指手画脚。

You can't do it yourself, so stop telling me how.

Tone: negative (criticism).

Originally just gesturing while talking; now meddling bossiness.

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