Teething problems

[Jason72]

Originally Posted by Tdol

Click here for the definition of this English idiom.

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[Tdol]

Naahhhhh.


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[Jason72]

Originally Posted by Tdol

Naahhhhh.


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[Gёггч]

Like all new machines, it had a few teething troubles but it is working well now.

This sentence means that the machines had some troubles at the

beginning,but later it worked well.right?

[RonBee]

The section on idioms seems to be having some teething problems.

teething problems

http://www.usingenglish.com/referenc...+problems.html

[Ms. Ana]

Originally Posted by RonBee

He/she/they is/are having teething problems.

That sounds quite odd if we were to take it literally and that person is a full-grown adult.

I'm Ana by the way and this is my first post.

[blouen]

Originally Posted by Ms. Ana

That sounds quite odd if we were to take it literally and that person is a full-grown adult.

I'm Ana by the way and this is my first post.

Hi, Ana! Welcome to the forum!

Luckily, it's not literal in meaning.

[RonBee]

Originally Posted by RonBee

He/she/they is/are having teething problems.

Originally Posted by Ms. Ana

That sounds quite odd if we were to take it literally and that person is a full-grown adult.

I'm Ana by the way and this is my first post.

Actually, it wouldn't normally be used that way. It is used to refer to a project of some sort. Example:

A: How is the project going?

B: It is having teething problems. (It is having trouble getting started.)

~R

[Jose Neto]

Beats meeeeee !

[Reemy]

e.g. Many marriages go through teething problems in the first few months.