1. Sherlock Holmes - Noun
2. Sherlock Holmes - Proper noun
a fictitious detective in stories by A. Conan Doyle
Source: WordNetIt is impossible for any Sherlock Holmes story not to have at least one marvelous scene. Rex Stout
My name is Sherlock Holmes. It is my business to know what other people don't know. Arthur Conan Doyle
Sherlock Holmes observed that once you have eliminated the impossible then whatever remains, however improbable, must be the answer. I, however, do not like to eliminate the impossible. Douglas Adams
Trying to be Sherlock Holmes is like trying to catch an arrow in mid-flight. Jeremy Brett
Is there any point to which you would wish to draw my attention?' 'To the curious incident of the dog in the night-time.' 'The dog did nothing in the night-time.' 'That was the curious incident,' remarked Sherlock Holmes. Arthur Conan Doyle
The incredible thing happens at the beginning of the story always, you notice, not the end. A Sherlock Holmes story is never a trick story. Rex Stout