| 单词 | dutch uncle |
| 释义 | Dutch uncleSEE SYNONYMS FOR Dutch uncle ON THESAURUS.COM noun Sometimes Offensive.a person who criticizes or reproves with unsparing severity and frankness. Origin of Dutch uncleFirst recorded in 1820–30 usage note for Dutch uncleBecause Dutch is used here to describe someone manifesting the opposite of warm, affectionate, typically avuncular behavior, this term is sometimes perceived as insulting to or by the Dutch. See also Dutch. Words nearby Dutch uncleDutch Reformed Church, Dutch rise, Dutch rush, Dutch settle, Dutch treat, Dutch uncle, Dutch West India Company, Dutch West Indies, Dutch wife, Dutchwoman, duteous Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 British Dictionary definitions for Dutch uncleDutch uncle nouninformal a person who criticizes or reproves frankly and severely Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Idioms and Phrases with Dutch uncleDutch uncle A stern, candid critic or adviser, as in When I got in trouble with the teacher again, the principal talked to me like a Dutch uncle. This expression, often put as talk to one like a Dutch uncle, presumably alludes to the sternness and sobriety attributed to the Dutch. [Early 1800s] The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. |
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