Dutch uncle
Example Sentences
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Then, in the tone of a Dutch uncle, he reviewed his Administration's foreign policy.
From Time Magazine Archive
Up rose Price Commissioner Leon Henderson, addressed the scrapmen like a Dutch uncle.
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
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
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
