Sentence examples for Johnny-come-lately from inspiring English sources
noun
A newcomer; a novice; an upstart.
- She might take offense if some Johnny-come-lately thinks he can do a better job.
Johnny-come-lately? Cingular Wireless, the largest wireless company in the United States, may be of noble extraction yet it has a complicated parentage.
Politics is a Johnny-come-lately".
"And he's a Johnny-come-lately on social conservative issues.
"Lazio is not a Johnny-come-lately," Mr. Arlotta said.
Certainly Labor is a Johnny-come-lately to the issue.
These are not just Johnny-come-lately statements, but are also backed up by deeds.
He wasn't a Johnny come lately.
I may also have felt vulnerable to the accusation of marital Johnny-come-lately-ism.
Long-arc television is just a Johnny come-lately when it comes to episodic storytelling.
"It's welcome but it's very much a Johnny come lately approach," Pyne said.
I'm not a Johnny come lately who picked a company up and turned it round [for a big pay day].
