| 单词 | to cut one's eyeteeth |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto cut one's eyeteeth P2. to cut one's eyeteeth and variants: to have one's eyeteeth pass through one's gums; figurative to pass from babyhood to youth; to become knowledgeable or experienced; (now chiefly) to acquire initial practice or experience in a particular sphere of activity. Cf. to cut one's teeth at cut v. 39. ΘΚΠ the world > people > person > baby or infant > [verb (intransitive)] > emerge from babyhood to cut one's eyeteeth1697 short-coat1890 1697 E. Snell in ‘Philaret’ Challenge xiii. 146 'Tis as froward, poor thing, as if t'had got the Gripes, or was cutting its Eye-Teeth agen. 1778 Town & Country Mag. Apr. 190/2 I'll gi thee sich a pouat, as thou has na had, since the cooting of thy eye teeth. 1837 T. C. Haliburton Clockmaker 1st Ser. (ed. 2) xvi. 147 Them are fellers cut their eye-teeth afore they ever sot foot in this country. 1862 R. W. Emerson Amer. Civilization in Atlantic Monthly Apr. 502/1 The like progress that is made by a boy ‘when he cuts his eye-teeth’, as we say. 1935 A. J. Cronin Stars look Down ii. xiii. 274 A clever pair..yes, they'd both cut their eye teeth all right. 1989 Guardian 21 Jan. 21/5 The Catskill Mountain resorts where he cut his professional eyeteeth. 2007 Australian (Nexis) 26 Apr. 16 Hudson..is no stranger to sensitive negotiations, having cut his eyeteeth working with the industry's heavy-hitters. < as lemmas |
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