nobody's fool

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]

Example Sentences

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

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

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“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.

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

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Rob Pelinka is nobody’s fool anymore.

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