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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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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

“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

She had small roles in prestigious movies like “The Rocketeer,” “The Firm,” “Lorenzo’s Oil” and “Nobody’s Fool.”

From New York Times

Rob Pelinka is nobody’s fool anymore.

From Los Angeles Times