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Synonyms

nobody's fool

Idioms  

  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

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Leytner includes scenes of Margarete repeatedly rejecting the romantic attentions of her employer that make her likeable and show her to be nobody's fool.

From Salon • Jul. 9, 2020

France seems to be nobody’s fool no longer.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 20, 2020

But even in the early 1950s she was nobody’s fool, and her characters had an unusual resilience, cockiness and competence.

From New York Times • May 13, 2019

In a rare interview Ben Arfa, who is nobody’s fool, stressed how much he enjoyed working with such a creatively minded coach as Beardsley.

From The Guardian • Sep. 1, 2014

Then he would prove to the whole world he was nobody’s fool.

From "Touching Spirit Bear" by Ben Mikaelsen

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