Citations:you must be new here

English citations of you must be new here

Phrase: "used to express (often sarcastically) that someone has in some way displayed their ignorance, unfamiliarity, or incompetence"

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• 1986, Anthony Robbins, Unlimited Power: The New Science of Personal Achievement, Free Press (2003), →ISBN, page 384:

  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."

• 2007, Gary Peterson, "A's Beane doing what he always does -- tinker", Contra Costa Times, 18 July 2007:

  What, you were expecting some kind of somber aftermath to Monday's trade of Jason Kendall to the Chicago Cubs? You must be new here.

• 2009, Annie Barrett, "'Dancing With the Stars' recap: Period Pieces", Entertainment Weekly, 9 November 2009:

  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.

• 2010, John Jeansonne, "Questions remain for U.S. on eve of World Cup", Newsday, 29 May 2010:

  When a Turkish reporter, after yesterday's 2-1 U.S. Cup tune-up victory over Turkey, asked U.S. coach Bob Bradley to name his starting lineup for its tournament opener against England on June 12, a team publicist slyly remarked to the reporter: "You must be new here."

• 2010, Dustin Bartholomew, "Weekly Sponsor Deals & More: Sept. 27 – Oct. 3", Fayetteville Observer, 26 September 2010:

  In about two days, Fayetteville will begin rumbling to the sound of somewhere in the neighborhood of one gazillion motorcycles. If you don’t know what I’m talking about, you must be new here.

• 2012, Ana Graham, "Ask Ana", The Rocket (Slippery Rock University), Volume 95, Number 20, 30 March 2012, page C-3:

  Hi, you must be new here. Slippery Rock doesn't typically get warm until finals week the week no one can enjoy it.

• 2012, Jacy Marmaduke, "Faculty Senate cites lack of say in UNL matters", Daily Nebraskan (University of Nebraska-Lincoln), Volume 111, Issue 131, 4 April 2012, page 2:

  When statistics professor Kent Eskridge asked Brooks how he planned to resolve the committee's lack of influence, Brooks said he had "no idea."

  "You must be new here," Brooks said to Eskridge. "After all those big decisions were made, you were just invited half an hour ago to participate in the next level of decisions."

• 2012, "Three Lines Free", The Gateway (University of Alberta), Volume 103, Issue 3, 19 September 2012, page 15:

  You thought beer gardens was^[sic] going to be good? Pfft, you must be new here.