Perhaps journalists had become, too much so, «nattering nabobs of negativism.» (firstthings.com)
But that backward - looking strategy will only give substance to inevitable Democratic charges that Republicans are negative nabobs of Know Nothing. (educationnext.org)
Oh crikey, he's going on about Indian Nabobs, and ruthless industrialists... And in the 20th century it was the trade union leaders «tamed by Lady Thatcher», Sir Peter continues. (politics.co.uk)