Meanings
- idiomaticuncountableSynonym of teething troubles.
These particular ships are reported to have given considerable teething trouble and are partly responsible for the position lately taken by the Commission.
1943 September, “Question of Power for the New Victory Fleet”, in Harlan Scott, editor, The Log, volume 38, number 10, San Francisco, Calif.: Miller Freeman, Inc., →OCLC, page 59, column 32 more examples
These enterprises some of which are still under construction, or are still "gestating" or having "teething trouble", employ well over 5,53,600^([sic]) persons.
1971, N. N. Mallya, edited by L. M. Singhvi, Public Enterprises in India: Their Control and Accountability, Delhi: National [Publishing House], →OCLC, page 2You will have to develop that industry. You cannot have teething trouble, all the time. What is this teething trouble, I am not able to understand. […] In the name of teething trouble, in the name of protection, they enjoy the concessions at the cost of the consumers and also at the cost of the workers.
1975 February 18, S. M. Banerjee, “Indian Tariff (Amendment) Bill”, in Lok Sabha Debates (Thirteenth Session), volume XLVIII, number 1 (Fifth Series), New Delhi: Lok Sabha Secretariat, →OCLC, column 275Synonyms: teething troubles
Synonyms & antonyms
nounSynonym of teething troubles.
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