Dutch uncle
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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
Uncle Sam's voice was more like that of a Dutch uncle whose main message was: do it yourself�and this is how.
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Today their relationship is almost that of father & son� or son and Dutch uncle.
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Dr. Gibson took his departure three or four days later; and before he went, he came to give her his final blessing; talking to her, as he phrased it, "like a Dutch uncle."
From Sylvia's Marriage by Sinclair, Upton
