Johnny-come-lately

English 2007 January 28 Alternative forms en johnny-come-lately Jonny-come-lately rarer Etymology en Pronunciation en /ˌdʒɒni.kʌmˈleɪtli/ RP en /ˌdʒɑːni.kʌmˈleɪtli/ US en en-us-Johnny-come-lately.ogg US en en-au-Johnny-come-lately.ogg AU Noun + Johnnies-come-lately en idiomatic also attributive A newcomer; a novice; an upstart. en greenhorn newcomer novice Thesaurus:newcomer Thesaurus:beginner en She might take offense if some Johnny-come-lately thinks he can do a better job. en w:Fannie Hurst God Must Be Sad 1963 1961 Pocket Books New York 79 https://archive.org/details/godmustbesad00hurs/page/79/mode/1up Morris now shared financial decisions with a woman, a female Johnny-come-lately. Imagine the eventuality of Morris's share of their fortune ever falling into such Johnny-come-lately hands. God forbid! en http://www.theguardian.com/books/2005/sep/10/featuresreviews.guardianreview1 Great leaps and bounds 2005-09-10 Martin Jacques The Guardian In a field increasingly populated with Johnnies-come-lately, Gittings is a Johnny-come-early: one only has to read this book to feel the depth and span of his knowledge. en http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/aug/21/food-safety-crucial-johnny-lately-ministers-horsemeat Food safety too crucial to be left to johnny-come-lately ministers 2014-08-21 Mike Pender The Guardian The government should give the agency its independence back so that it can get on with the task of protecting consumers in relation to food without political interference from johnny-come-lately ministers. en 2018 E. Khayyat Istanbul 1940 and Global Modernity Lexington Books 9781498585842 213 https://books.google.com/books?id=I0GIDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA213&dq=%22Johnny-come-latelies%22&hl=&cd=1&source=gbs_api#v=onepage&q=%22Johnny-come-latelies%22&f=false All these Johnny-come-latelies typically come out as irreverent, vulgar or immature and childlike. Translations newcomer Finnish: fi keltanokka, fi märkäkorva Polish: pl nowicjusz m, pl nowicjuszka f, pl żółtodziób m Portuguese: pt novato m, pt recém-chegado m Russian: ru новичок m, ru новенький m, ru новенькая f Spanish: es novato m, es novata f Swedish: sv uppkomling c Further reading gpwqfsq#4nts2yy johnny-come-lately n en People