English / idiom
Johnny-Come-Lately
MEANING IN ENGLISH
A newcomer or recent arrival to a movement, trade, or group, especially one lacking deep experience.
In context
01
The seasoned mountaineers viewed the fashionable climber as an inexperienced Johnny-come-lately.
02
She proved she was no Johnny-come-lately to climate research by presenting fifteen years of fieldwork.
Synonyms
newcomer,novice,greenhorn
Antonyms
veteran,old hand,pioneer
Collocations
mere Johnny-come-lately,treated as a Johnny-come-lately,recent Johnny-come-lately