Dutch uncle
Example Sentences
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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
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
Chairman Roger Blough, a onetime schoolteacher, lectured Jack Kennedy like a Dutch uncle.
From Time Magazine Archive
Up rose Price Commissioner Leon Henderson, addressed the scrapmen like a Dutch uncle.
From Time Magazine Archive
Look here, Marcia, I 'm goin' to talk to you for once in my life like a Dutch uncle.
From A Cry in the Wilderness by Waller, Mary E. (Mary Ella)
