nobody's fool
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
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
But even in the early 1950s she was nobody’s fool, and her characters had an unusual resilience, cockiness and competence.
From New York Times • May 13, 2019
Your category is full of some formidable characters – the Dowager Countess on “Downton Abbey” and Cersei Lannister on “Game of Thrones” – in addition to Diane Lockhart, who is also nobody's fool.
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 10, 2014
I pray that you are strong but forgiving, that you are resilient but hopeful, and that you are kind but nobody's fool.
From "Hope Springs" by Jaime Berry
