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nobody's fool

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  1. A person who cannot be duped or taken advantage of, as in You can't put anything over on Ryan—he's nobody's fool. [Early 1900s]


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“I read so many accounts when she was meeting with the press for movies and music,” the author of the new lively biography, “Ain’t Nobody’s Fool: The Life and Times of Dolly Parton,” says over a Zoom call.

From Los Angeles Times

Upward of $10 million, Martha Ackmann reports in “Ain’t Nobody’s Fool,” a deeply detailed, and footnoted, account of Ms. Parton’s life and career.

From The Wall Street Journal

“Nobody’s Fool,” which starred Paul Newman as an aging trouble-maker, earned Newman his second-to-last Oscar nomination and also starred Bruce Willis and Jessica Tandy.

From Los Angeles Times

Newman received a lead actor nomination for “Nobody’s Fool” and Hoffman and Streep each won their first Oscars for “Kramer vs. Kramer.”

From Los Angeles Times

His Oscar-nominated projects also include “Bonnie and Clyde,” “The Late Show” and “Nobody’s Fool.”

From Los Angeles Times