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


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




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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.)
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Beats meeeeee !
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