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"Johnnie-come-lately" nghĩa là gì?
18 Jan, 2020
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"Johnnie-come-lately" = Johnnie mới đến -> Chỉ người/cái gì rất mới cho vị trí nào đó; như người mới gia nhập hoặc tham gia (newbie).
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But they were the johnnie-come-lately brigade (lữ đoàn) following the paths of the town animals making their daily trek up to the south muir of the town to spend the daylight hours grazing the fields before returning at night.
The Leopards need you the fan in the stadium cheering them through thick and thin, through Gor Mahia hooligans and sore losers, and through all this Johnnie come lately outfits who think they can supplant (thay thế, chiếm chỗ) Ingwe as the glamour club of Kenya.
In this rational, balanced and insightful piece, Glenn Silverman, CIO for an independent financial services group and long-time student of BRICS, unpacks the current strengths and weaknesses of the economic alliance (khối liên minh kinh tế). There are some telling markers when it comes to the johnnie-come-lately member of the alliance, balanced by several important areas where we outperform our allies (làm tốt hơn các nước đồng minh của chúng ta).
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