new to this

(a little) new to (all) this

an apologetic way of saying that one is experiencing something new or participating in something new. I'm sorry I'm slow. I'm a little new to all this. She's new to this. She needs practice.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Chantal	shawn-TAHL (French), shawn-TAL (English), shan-TAL (English), shahn-TAHL (Dutch)	French, English, Dutch
Georgy	gye-OR-gee, gee-OR-gee	Russian
Orval	AWR-vəl	English
Jakub	YAH-kuwp (Polish)	Polish, Czech, Slovak
ÉAnna	-	Irish
Hrodger	-	Ancient Germanic