профессор кислых щей

• ПРОФЕССОР КИСЛЫХ ЩЕЙ highly colt

[NP; usu. sing; often used as Interj; fixed WO]

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⇒ used to express an ironic or humorous attitude toward a person who makes a pretense of having considerable knowledge, but, in the speaker's opinion, has little or none, when said of a real professor, used to underscore what the speaker considers a lack of professional qualifications, academic expertise etc:

- some expert he (she) is!;

- [of a real professor] fine kind of professor (scholar etc) he (she) is!

     ♦ Ох, и поиздевалась же она надо мной: мол, профессор, а анкету правильно заполнить не может! Профессор кислых щей! (Зиновьев 2). Oh, and then she had a really good go at me. Look at you, a professor, and you can't even fill a form in properly! Fine kind of professor you are! (2a).