He's not the most sophisticated businessman you'll ever meet, but he's no greenhorn. go easy on him—he's just a greenhorn and doesn't have all the experience you do
Recent Examples on the WebYet even before the Academy-Award winning film provided a boost to a once-fringe sport, Honnold had inspired one important greenhorn to get up from her desk and out onto the rocks: his 58-year-old mother. Anita Chabria Staff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 29 Oct. 2021 Rick’s crew rescues a greenhorn and her rock truck, and Tony’s team tries an ancient fix to keep his operation afloat.Washington Post, 8 Oct. 2021 By the time Jacob turned 2, Tony had put a ball in his son’s hands and was watching his greenhorn grow.New York Times, 1 Oct. 2021 That system, of course, collapsed under the weight of thousands of greenhorn prospectors. David Reamer, Anchorage Daily News, 9 May 2021 The 22-year-old greenhorn heading from Washington to Cleveland in 1992 was a wiry 6-1 receiver named Keenan McCardell, now the 51-year-old receivers coach for the Vikings. On The Nfl Mark Craig, Star Tribune, 27 Mar. 2021 Rising is a greenhorn who has the advantage of having sat in the press box alongside Andy Ludwig during games in a redshirt year last season, sponging up everything there is to absorb shadowing the man who makes the Utes' offensive decisions. Gordon Monson, The Salt Lake Tribune, 20 Oct. 2020 This season, Parker Schnabel, Tony Beets and Rick Ness are joined by Fred Lewis, a military veteran and a greenhorn miner, who works with a crew made up of fellow veterans in Oregon.oregonlive, 18 Oct. 2020 As the super snow-moon storm peaks, he Cornelia Marie’s deck becomes a gantlet for Josh and Casey’s greenest greenhorn. Nina Zafar, Washington Post, 1 Sep. 2020 See More
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Etymology
obsolete greenhorn animal with green or young horns