Sunday driver

English

Etymology

Sunday +‎ driver, Sunday being a popular day for leisure driving.

Pronunciation

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Noun

Sunday driver (plural Sunday drivers)

1. (idiomatic) One who drives slowly or inexpertly, as for leisure or sightseeing.

   I was eager to get there, but I got stuck behind one Sunday driver after another on that trip.

   • 1990 July 30, Davide Thigpen, “Real-Life Days of Thunder”, in Time:

     Wallace is hardly your typical Sunday driver out on a jaunt in the countryside.

2. (dated) One who drives infrequently, and often poorly.

Translations

one who drives slowly

• Danish: søndagsbilist c
• Dutch: zondagsrijder (nl) m
• Finnish: sunnuntaiajelija, sunnuntaiautoilija
• French: conducteur du dimanche (fr) m
• German: Sonntagsfahrer (de) m
• Italian: automobilista della domenica m or f, automobilista da strapazzo m or f
• Japanese: サンデードライバー (sandē-doraibā)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: søndagskjører m

• Polish: niedzielny kierowca (pl) m
• Portuguese: domingueiro (pt) m, domingueira f, motorista de fim de semana m or f
• Spanish: dominguero (es) m
• Swedish: söndagsbilist (sv) c, söndagsförare c