Like a Dutch uncle

Like a Dutch uncle
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  • talk like a Dutch uncle — To utter a rebuke • • • Main Entry: ↑Dutch …   Useful english dictionary

  • Dutch uncle — is a term for a person who issues frank, harsh, and severe comments and criticism to educate, encourage, or admonish someone. Thus, a Dutch uncle is a person who is rather the reverse of what is normally thought of as avuncular or uncle like… …   Wikipedia

  • Dutch uncle — /dʌtʃ ˈʌŋkəl/ (say duch ungkuhl) noun someone who offers concerned and disinterested advice at length: he talked to me like a Dutch uncle. {? from the stereotype of the Dutch and Germans as being sober and severe} …  

  • Dutch uncle —    someone who reproves you sharply or gives you solemn advice, unlike the supposed geniality of real uncles     I talked to him like a Dutch uncle. It doesn t seem to have done him any good. (Baron, 1948) …   How not to say what you mean: A dictionary of euphemisms

  • Dutch Uncle — is a Western novel written by American author Marilyn Durham and published in 1973. The novel followed up Durham s great success with her debut novel, The Man Who Loved Cat Dancing, another Western also published by Harcourt. The protagonist,… …   Wikipedia

  • uncle — noun (C) 1 the brother of your mother or father, or the husband of your aunt 2 a man whose brother or sister has a child: Enrique was very excited about becoming an uncle. 3 used as a name for a man who is a close friend of your parents 4 say… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • Dutch — 1 noun 1 (U) the language of the Netherlands 2 the Dutch (plural) people from the Netherlands see also: double­dutch 2 adjective 1 from or connected with the Netherlands 2 go Dutch (with sb) to share the cost of a meal in a restaurant 3 talk (to… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • Dutch grammar — series Dutch grammar Dutch verbs Dutch conjugation t kofschip T rules Dutch nouns Dutch declension Gender in Dutch grammar Dutch orthography Dutch dictionary IJ Dutch phonology …   Wikipedia

  • Uncle Tupelo — Datos generales Origen  Belleville, Illinois …   Wikipedia Español

  • Dutch (film) — Dutch Promotional film poster Directed by Peter Faiman Produced by Robert Weissman …   Wikipedia

  • Dutch Treat Club — The Dutch Treat Club is a society of illustrators, writers and performers based in New York City. Primarily social in nature, the club has had as members such leading literary figures and humorists as Robert Benchley, Rube Goldberg, Robert M.… …   Wikipedia


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