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nobody's fool

nobody's fool noun: a person who is not easily deceived or victimized; one who is perceptive, clever, or thoroughly common-sensical.

Noun

nobody's fool (plural nobody's fools)

  1. (set phrase) A person who is not easily deceived or victimized; one who is perceptive, clever, or thoroughly common-sensical.
    • Also, he is nobody's fool. He possesses the brain and strength of character to play his part.1910, Jack London, Theft: A Play In Four Acts, Characters
    • He was nobody's fool, and there was no doubt but he had very soon detected the trick his cousin had played upon him.1914, William MacLeod Raine, chapter 6, in The Pirate of Panama

Examples of nobody's fool in a sentence

  • You didn't like school / And you know you're nobody's fool / So welcome to the machine1975, Roger Waters, “Welcome to the Machine”, in Wish You Were Here, performed by Pink Floyd:
  • But one could tell from her assurance that she was nobody's fool and would stand for no nonsense.1986 January 18, Jack Anderson, “Dance: A Tribute to Jerome Robbins”, in New York Times, retrieved 12 May 2015:
  • Yet her musical stature, and intelligence are undisputed: she is nobody's fool, and she remains, quite simply, a perfectionist.2003 December 22, Roderic Dunnett, “Cecilia Bartoli: The singing pioneer”, in Independent, UK, retrieved 12 May 2015:

Forms of nobody's fool

pluralnobody's fools

Questions about nobody's fool

What does nobody's fool mean?
Nobody's fool means a person who is not easily deceived or victimized; one who is perceptive, clever, or thoroughly common-sensical.
How do you use nobody's fool in a sentence?
You didn't like school / And you know you're nobody's fool / So welcome to the machine
What part of speech is nobody's fool?
Nobody's fool is a noun.
What is the plural of nobody's fool?
The plural of nobody's fool is nobody's fools.

Words near nobody's fool in the dictionary

  1. nobody ever went broke underestimating the intelligence of the American public
  2. nobody ever went broke underestimating the taste of the American people
  3. nobody ever went broke underestimating the taste of the American public
  4. nobody'd
  5. nobody's
  6. nobody's fool
  7. nobody's fools
  8. nobody's perfect
  9. nobodyness
  10. nobori
  11. Noborito

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