new one on someone

new one on someone
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.


Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.

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