nobody's fool
Example Sentences
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Christine was the butt of jokes, but she was nobody’s fool.
From New York Times • Jan. 23, 2022
Leytner includes scenes of Margarete repeatedly rejecting the romantic attentions of her employer that make her likeable and show her to be nobody's fool.
From Salon • Jul. 9, 2020
France seems to be nobody’s fool no longer.
From Seattle Times • Feb. 20, 2020
He might need to be secretive and he might be terrified of losing his position in the house, but he is a proud man and nobody’s fool.
From The Guardian • Oct. 19, 2014
Then he would prove to the whole world he was nobody’s fool.
From "Touching Spirit Bear" by Ben Mikaelsen
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
