new one on

a new one (on me)

Something I was not aware or informed of or knew nothing about until just now. A: "Yeah, Jeff and Anthony have been going out for a few months now." B: "That's a new one—I thought they were just friends." Having to pay for the water you use in your house is a new one on me—is that an American thing or something? I need a quarter to get a shopping cart from the rack? Well, that's a new one on me!

See also: new, one

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new one on someone something

that one has not heard before and that one is not ready to believe. Bob's talk of poverty is a new one on me. He always seems to have plenty of money. The firm's difficulties are a new one on me. I thought that it was doing very well.

See also: new, on, one

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