(someone) needs to take several seats

(someone) needs to take several seats

slang Someone needs to calm down and stop speaking about an issue of which you have very little knowledge of or experience. You're a man, so you need to take several seats and let women speak to their experiences of discrimination in this country. All the people acting like they know how to fix the economy overnight need to take several seats.
See also: needs, seat, several, take
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
See also:
  • have a working knowledge of (something)
  • have a working knowledge of something
  • knowledge
  • (Don't ask me,) I just work here.
  • (Don't ask me,) I only work here.
  • to (one's) knowledge
  • to your knowledge
  • leave (someone) in the dark (about something)
  • to the best of (one's) knowledge
  • feel one's way