A: I adopted a corgi last week. Who would you recommend if I want to seek advice on raising and training dogs? B: You can ask Bob. He is an old hand at training dogs. Note: If someone is an old hand at something, they have a lot of experience in doing it. This idiom is often used on someone who has experience doing a particular task. It’s interesting that there is a similar saying in Chinese, as we call an experienced and skillful person “老手,” the literal translation for “old hand.” |