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Johnny-on-the-spot
[ jon-ee-on-thuh-spot, -awn- ]
noun
- a person who is on hand to perform a service, seize an opportunity, deal with an emergency, etc.
Word History and Origins
Origin of Johnny-on-the-spot1
Idioms and Phrases
A person who is available when needed, as in He always is there at the right time, a real Johnny-on-the-spot . [Late 1800s]Example Sentences
"Allus glad to be Johnny-on-the-spot," smiled the older man.
The only way to get history straight, declared the philosophical Burd, is to be Johnny-on-the-spot and see things happen.
He didn't have a great deal on, I remember, but he was certainly Johnny-on-the-spot that morning!
They called me Rube, and Johnny-on-the-spot-of-wealth, and Shekels, and a heap of other things.
Henri missed these remarks, for he was Johnny-on-the-spot to retrieve the game.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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