old hand

English

Pronunciation

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Noun

old hand (plural old hands)

1. (idiomatic) A person who is experienced at a certain activity.

   My tax advisor is an old hand at dealing with auditors.

Synonyms

• veteran

Translations

experienced person at certain activity

• Czech: mazák (cs) m, starý kozák m
• Finnish: vanha tekijä, kokenut (fi), konkari (fi)
• German: alter Hase (de) m
• Italian: veterano (it) m, esperto (it) m
• Latin: veterātor m
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• Romanian: veteran (ro) m
• Serbo-Croatian: stari zec m, stari lisac m
• Spanish: perro viejo (es)
• Swedish: gammal räv c