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you must be new here

you must be new here phrase: used to express (often sarcastically) that someone has in some way displayed their ignorance, unfamiliarity, or incompetence.

Phrase

you must be new here

  1. Used to express (often sarcastically) that someone has in some way displayed their ignorance, unfamiliarity, or incompetence.
    • What would happen if you went to the soil and said, "Give me some fruit. Give me some plants"? The soil would probably respond, "Excuse me, sir, but you're a little confused. You must be new here. That's not the way the game is played."1986, Anthony Robbins, Unlimited Power: The New Science of Personal Achievement, Free Press, published 2003, →ISBN, page 384
    • Did you really think I wouldn't discuss the most important segment of the season before beginning with the rankings? You must be new here.2009 November 9, Annie Barrett, “'Dancing With the Stars' recap: Period Pieces”, in Entertainment Weekly

Questions about you must be new here

What does you must be new here mean?
You must be new here means used to express (often sarcastically) that someone has in some way displayed their ignorance, unfamiliarity, or incompetence.
What part of speech is you must be new here?
You must be new here is a phrase.

Words near you must be new here in the dictionary

  1. you lot
  2. you make the bed you lie in
  3. you man
  4. you miss 100% of the shots you don't take
  5. you must be fun at parties
  6. you must be new here
  7. you must spoil before you spin
  8. you name it
  9. you never know
  10. you never know what you've got till it's gone
  11. you never miss the water till the well runs dry

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