teething troubles

noun
/ˈtiːðɪŋ ˈtɹʌb(ə)lz/UK/ˈtiðɪŋ ˈtɹʌb(ə)lz/US

Etymology

A reference to teething (“the eruption, through the gums, of the milk teeth”) and the accompanying discomfort, which occur during early life.

Definitions

  1. Problems that are to be expected with any new and untried product, system, or venture.

    • He admitted that in their early days these units suffered a number of teething troubles, which, he said, "one may now look back upon with some wonder", as their causes were not hard to find.

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