teething trouble
English
Etymology
See teething troubles.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈtiːðɪŋ ˈtɹʌb(ə)l/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈtiðɪŋ ˈtɹʌb(ə)l/, /ˈtɹə-/
Audio (AU) (file) - Hyphenation: teeth‧ing trou‧ble
Noun
teething trouble (uncountable)
- (idiomatic) Synonym of teething troubles
- 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 30746570, page 59, column 3:
- These particular ships are reported to have given considerable teething trouble and are partly responsible for the position lately taken by the Commission.
- 1971, N. N. Mallya, L. M. Singhvi, editor, Public Enterprises in India: Their Control and Accountability, Delhi: National [Publishing House], OCLC 198789, page 2:
- 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.
- 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 416990138, column 275:
- You 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.
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