Johnny-come-lately

Meaning: (idiomatic,alsoattributive)Anewcomer; anovice; anupstart.Synonyms:greenhorn,newcomer,novice;see alsoThesaurus:newcomer,Thesaurus:beginnerShe might take offense if someJohnny-come-latelythinks he can do a better job.1963[1961],Fannie Hurst,God Must Be Sad, New York: Pocket Books,page79:Morris now shared financial decisions with a woman, a femaleJohnny-come-lately. Imagine the eventuality of Morris's share of their fortune ever falling into suchJohnny-come-latelyhands. God forbid!2005September 10, Martin Jacques, “Great leaps and bounds”, inThe Guardian‎[1]:In a field increasingly populated withJohnnies-come-lately, Gittings is a Johnny-come-early: one only has to read this book to feel the depth and span of his knowledge.2014August 21, Mike Pender, “Food safety too crucial to be left to johnny-come-lately ministers”, inThe Guardian‎[2]: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 fromjohnny-come-latelyministers.2018, E. Khayyat,Istanbul 1940 and Global Modernity, Lexington Books,→ISBN,page213:All theseJohnny-come-lateliestypically come out as irreverent, vulgar or immature and childlike.

Examples:

EN: But I'm a Johnny-come-lately. I'm going to sell the JA3 my own way.
ES: Pero soy nuevo en el negocio y voy a vender el JA-3, a mi manera.
EN: In case some of these Johnny-come-lately's don't know it, I was the first person of this Local.
ES: En caso de que algún novato de aquí lo desconozca, fui el primer miembro de este centro.
EN: This Johnny-come-lately!
ES: ¡Este mequetrefe!
EN: Your clean-faced, your Johnny-come-lately dandies.
ES: Su limpia cara,... de nuevos elegantes.
EN: I'm no Johnny-come-lately, right?
ES: No soy un novato, ¿verdad?
EN: Was he ever a Johnny-come-lately...
ES: Acaso fue un principiante...
EN: I'm a Johnny-come-lately as far as war profiteering is concerned.
ES: Soy un novato en lo que respecta a la explotación económica de la guerra.
EN: To be in some half-assed sandlot production by a tasteless Johnny-come-lately hustler like you?
ES: ¿Participar en una producción de pacotilla...? ¿de un truhán con mal gusto como tú?
EN: Johnny-come-lately comes up and he gets to see the grand tour- You can send it to me overnight.
ES: Puedes enviármelo de un día para el otro.
EN: And I am no Johnny-come-lately to bohemia.
ES: Y yo no soy Johnny-llegado-ultimamente a bohemia.
EN: Johnny-come-lately, giving her advice ?
ES: ¿Fortachón llegaste tarde, dándole consejos?
EN: "Johnny-come-lately" more like.
ES: Más bien "Johnny-el-que-recién-llega".
EN: So he's gonna wander in here with some Johnny-come-lately bullshit... about how these girls are all coming over here as prostitutes... talking about how if they ain't got the cash to travel better than a container ship... then they sure don't have the money for a plastic surgeon.
ES: Y viene aquí con alguna mierda de última hora sobre cómo esas chicas venían para acá como prostitutas dirá que si no tenían dinero para viajar mejor que en un contenedor es seguro que no tenían dinero para un cirujano plástico.
EN: It sticks in my throat to see some Johnny-come-lately wander in and take the piss out of my investors.
ES: Se atraganta en mi garganta ver a un Johnny don nadie entrar vagando y burlarse de mis inversores.
EN: He's a Johnny-come-lately.
ES: Es un recién llegado.

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