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English
Etymology
See teething troubles.
Pronunciation
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, 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, edited by L. M. Singhvi, Public Enterprises in India: Their Control and Accountability, Delhi: National , →OCLC, 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 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, 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.