Channing Pollack, The Green Book

A critic is a legless man who teaches running.

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[in the running] {adj.} or {adv. phr.} Having a chance to win; not to be counted out; among those who might win. * /At the beginning of the last lap […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

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[out of the running] {adj.} or {adv. phr.} Having no chance to win; not among the real contenders; not among those to be considered. * /John had been out of […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

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