old hand en · NOUN
Pronunciation
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Meanings
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(idiomatic) A person who is experienced at a certain activity.
The media, needless to say, are very pro-Bloomberg. He’s an old hand at stroking reporters and television executives, and few of them have raised the fact that it was Rudy who inherited a lawless city with crime out of control and over eight years, via his ‘broken windows’ theory, turned Gotham into the safest big city on the planet.
2020 March 2, Taki Theodoracopulos, “What makes Bloomie run?”, in The Spectator (US edition):My tax advisor is an old hand at dealing with auditors.
Near-synonyms: insider, initiate; habitué
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| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| old hands | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
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Synonyms
initiate · veteran · warhorse · insider · habitué
Translations (20)
sh stari lisac (experienced person at certain activity) · cs mazák (experienced person at certain activity) · it esperto (experienced person at certain activity) · pl stary wróbel (experienced person at certain activity) · pl wyjadacz (experienced person at certain activity) · ro veteran (experienced person at certain activity) · nl oude rot (experienced person at certain activity) · fi vanha tekijä (experienced person at certain activity) · de Routinier (experienced person at certain activity) · sv gammal räv (experienced person at certain activity) · es veterano (experienced person at certain activity) · es perro viejo (experienced person at certain activity) · cs starý kozák (experienced person at certain activity) · la veterātor (experienced person at certain activity) · pl wyjadaczka (experienced person at certain activity) · pl wyga (experienced person at certain activity) · it veterano (experienced person at certain activity) · sh stari zec (experienced person at certain activity) · de alter Hase (experienced person at certain activity) · fi konkari (experienced person at certain activity)