Dutch uncle
Example Sentences
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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
Lin Piao is the Guards' command er, but their Dutch uncle seems to be Premier Chou Enlai.
From Time Magazine Archive
Last week the highly respected Henry Kaufman, a partner in Salomon Bros, who often serves as Wall Street's Dutch uncle, called for the declaration of a "national economic emergency."
From Time Magazine Archive
Air Force playing the role of a straitlaced, old-fashioned Dutch uncle.
From Time Magazine Archive
I could have sworn he wasn't that sort of pup, and when he came in for his orders I talked to him like a Dutch uncle.
From The Strange Cases of Dr. Stanchon by Bacon, Josephine Dodge Daskam
