new kid on the block

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Noun

new kid on the block (plural new kids on the block) (usually definite, the new kid on the block)

1. (informal, idiomatic) Someone or something new to an existing community.
   • 1996 August 19, Louis Herrink, “Chaos Ruled Convention Logistics, Delegate Finds”, in The Free Lance-Star‎^[1], Fredericksburg, Virginia, page A4:

     While the Reform Party is the new kid on the block, its members who attended its first national convention this weekend acted like delegates to any other political convention.

   • 2012 March 9, Seth Schiesel, “The Adventure Ends, So Take a Good Look”, in The New York Times‎^[2], →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 10 March 2012, Video Game Review‎^[3]:

     In the first game, humanity was the new kid on the galactic block, struggling for respect as a freshly spacefaring species. As Commander Shepard, you discovered that not only humanity but also all intelligent life was under threat from an insecto-mechanical enemy called the Reapers.