Dutch uncle
Example Sentences
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Lin Piao is the Guards' command er, but their Dutch uncle seems to be Premier Chou Enlai.
From Time Magazine Archive
Discussing the woes of anthropology in Philadelphia last week, he talked to his colleagues like a Dutch uncle.
From Time Magazine Archive
Last week he talked like a Dutch uncle to a Manhattan gathering of 600 medicos and hospital administrators.
From Time Magazine Archive
They could have kept their heads, and if they were any good they could and would have talked like a Dutch uncle to these pathetic people stumbling to their ruin.
From Time Magazine Archive
I'm afraid I've been just a little too slack for fear of hurting his feelings; but this time he's gone too far, and I shall talk to him like a Dutch uncle.
From The Brass Bottle by Anstey, F.
