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johnny

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a Johnny-come-lately (old-fashioned)
someone who has only recently started a job or activity and has suddenly become very successful. She denies suggestions that she's a Johnny-come-lately, saying that she has worked for years to get her own show.

Johnny-on-the-spot (American, informal)

someone who is immediately ready to do something, especially to help someone. This guy had just gotten a flat tire, and there I was, Johnny-on-the-spot with my tools in the back of the car.


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