Sherlock and Watson
Deductive sleuth pair
Sherlock and Watson refers to a partnership where one person is the brilliant analyst and the other the loyal, more grounded companion—from Arthur Conan Doyle's detective Sherlock Holmes and his friend Dr.
John Watson.
The phrase describes any duo with this dynamic: They're the Sherlock and Watson of the accounting department.
- detectiveProfessional crime investigator
- consulting detectiveFreelance crime-solving expert
- HolmesFictional London investigator
- Baker StreetLondon road, detective's address
- mysterySomething unexplained or unknown
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