Dutch uncle

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. One who reproves or advises in a blunt, stern but often kindly manner, intended for the benefit of the recipient.
    — Gruff but kindly, with dark-rimmed glasses prone to slip down his prominent ruddy nose and an unlit cigar habitually clenched in his teeth, he was everyone's Dutch uncle and let even strangers call him “Maggie” to his face.

词形变化

Dutch uncles plural

词源

From 1838.
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