Not my first rodeo

When someone says "it’s not my first rodeo' they mean they've done it before, it’s not their first time and they know what they are doing.
It’s not my first rodeo! I’ve been here before, and I’ll be here again.

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English Idiom: Not my first rodeo

Doesn’t it bother you when someone tries to tell you how to do something that you already know how to do?

You probably even know how to do it better than they do, right?

Let me give you a nice thing to say to them.

Yes, I know WHAT you want to say, but we must be polite.

You should say, “This isn’t my first rodeo.”


Saying it’s not your first rodeo means that you have done this before, and it’s not your first time.


From my experience, it’s generally older guys who try to give me unsolicited (unasked for) advice.

Instead of using some four-letter words, I tell them it’s not my first rodeo and ignore them.

Remember, you don’t have to be a cowboy to know the ropes.


This post is understandable by someone with at least a 6th-grade education (age 11).

On the Flesch-Kincaid reading-ease test, this post scores 84.

The easier a passage is to read, the higher the score on a scale of 0 – 100.



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