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Discover LudwigSentence The phrase "has a fool for" is not a commonly used phrase in English and would likely be seen as incorrect.
If you wanted to use it in a sentence, you could say: "He's had a fool for a friend for too long."
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As they say, "A person who represents himself in court has a fool for a client".
Well, there is the adage that any man who is his own lawyer has a fool for a client.
Two agents invoked the adage that a man who represents himself has a fool for a client.
They invoke the old saying that he who has himself for a lawyer (or accountant) has a fool for a client.
As President Lincoln once said about lawyers, "He who represents himself has a fool for a client". This is even more true in the public relations sphere.
As he ruefully reports, he is still learning over and over that the doctor who is his own dream team has a fool for a patient.
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I serve as my own lawyer in Bangor District Court, but have a fool for a client.
WHEN a Realtor tries to sell his own house, does he have a fool for a client?
If you ask exterminators — excuse me, pest control professionals — getting rid of your own mice or rats is a bit like acting as your own lawyer; you can do it, they say, but you have a fool for a client.
If you act as your own defense attorney, you have a fool for a client.
"If you are your own doctor, you have a fool for a doctor".
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