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单词 to be no fool
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to be no fool
a. to be no fool: to be shrewd or prudent; esp. to be too sensible to be easily deceived or tricked. See also nobody's fool n. at nobody pron. and n. Compounds.
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a1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis (Fairf.) vi. l. 446 He was no fol that ferst so radde.
1577 N. Breton Floorish vpon Fancie sig. R.i The Butcher too againe, hee is no foole I trowe. Hee findes deuise to make a gaine, howe euer Cattell goe.
1682 S. Pordage Medal Revers'd 107 I know you'l grant the Devil is no Fool, He can disguise in Surplice, Cloak, or Cool.
1711 R. Steele Spectator No. 118. ⁋3 For all she looks so innocent as it were, take my Word for it she is no Fool.
1842 F. Marryat Percival Keene (1877) xv. 10/1 Bob Cross is no fool, and can see as far through a fog as most chaps.
1915 A. Conan Doyle Valley of Fear i. ii. 32 ‘Your friend seems to be no fool,’ remarked Holmes. ‘No sir; White Mason is a very live man, if I am any judge.’
2000 T. Clancy Bear & Dragon xxx. 461 The import of his earlier statements had been straightforward enough, and Shen was no fool.
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