märkäkorva — meaning in English
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English meaning
- greenhorn noun A person who is new to a job, activity, or situation and lacks experience.
- whippersnapper noun A young and cheeky or presumptuous person; often with a connotation of ignorance via inexperience.
Senses
märkäkorva is used for these senses in English:
- Johnny-come-lately (idiomatic, also, attributive) A newcomer; a novice; an upstart.
- greenhorn (chiefly, US) An inexperienced person; a novice, beginner, or newcomer.
- wet behind the ears (idiomatic) Inexperienced; just beginning; immature (especially in judgment).
- whippersnapper (colloquial) A young and cheeky or presumptuous person; often with a connotation of ignorance via inexperience. [from 1670s]