Dutch uncle
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Economist Milton Gilbert, not only commands enormous respect among moneymen but often talks like a Dutch uncle to errant governments.
From Time Magazine Archive
Lin Piao is the Guards' command er, but their Dutch uncle seems to be Premier Chou Enlai.
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
Fresh from reputedly lecturing King Carol of Rumania for two hours like a Dutch uncle, M. Barthou wisely did not take that tone with King Alexander.
From Time Magazine Archive
Get Alec by himself, and talk to him like a Dutch uncle.
From Jack Winters' Baseball Team Or, The Rivals of the Diamond by Overton, Mark
