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Definition of Dutch uncle in English: Dutch unclenoun North American informal A person giving firm but benevolent advice. 〈非正式，主美〉严厉但却善意的批评者 some you can talk to like a Dutch uncle Example sentencesExamples - Last week he talked like a Dutch uncle to a Manhattan gathering of 600 medicos and hospital administrators.
- And that's essentially one of the reasons why he was not delighted when I visited him twice in jail here, to see me, was because instead of talking to him as a, the adoring spouse that I had been before, I was talking to him like a Dutch uncle, and he did not like that.
- ‘According to the dictionary,’ he explains ‘a Dutch uncle is someone who judges and criticises others harshly, even if their intentions are good.’
- ‘He was like a Dutch uncle,’ the clerk told our publication.
- Now that you have proved that subtlety is useless in this situation, you must speak to this woman as a Dutch uncle… well, aunt.
- Throughout the campaign, he would prove the Dutch uncle, the voice of unflinching candor and irrepressible reason.
Synonyms counsellor, mentor, guide, consultant, consultee, confidant, confidante, right hand man, right hand woman, aide, helper
Definition of Dutch uncle in US English: Dutch unclenoun North American informal A person giving firm but benevolent advice. 〈非正式，主美〉严厉但却善意的批评者 some you can talk to like a Dutch uncle Example sentencesExamples - Throughout the campaign, he would prove the Dutch uncle, the voice of unflinching candor and irrepressible reason.
- And that's essentially one of the reasons why he was not delighted when I visited him twice in jail here, to see me, was because instead of talking to him as a, the adoring spouse that I had been before, I was talking to him like a Dutch uncle, and he did not like that.
- ‘He was like a Dutch uncle,’ the clerk told our publication.
- Now that you have proved that subtlety is useless in this situation, you must speak to this woman as a Dutch uncle… well, aunt.
- ‘According to the dictionary,’ he explains ‘a Dutch uncle is someone who judges and criticises others harshly, even if their intentions are good.’
- Last week he talked like a Dutch uncle to a Manhattan gathering of 600 medicos and hospital administrators.
Synonyms counsellor, mentor, guide, consultant, consultee, confidant, confidante, right hand man, right hand woman, aide, helper
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