П592

ПРОФЕССОР КИСЛЫХ ЩЕЙ highly collNPusu. singoften used as Interjfixed WO
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!
Ox, 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).

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