cut teeth

[for a baby or young person] to have new teeth emerging through the gums. Billy is cranky because he's cutting teeth. Ann cut her first tooth this week.

cut your teeth

(British, American & Australian) also cut your eye teeth (American)

to get your first experience of a particular type of work and learn the basic skills (often + on ) She cut her teeth on a local newspaper before landing a job on a national daily.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Jules	[dʒu:lz]
Fayza	-	Arabic
Serafeim	-	Greek
Bassett	['bæsit]
AmÉRico	ah-ME-ree-ko (Spanish)	Spanish, Portuguese
Leila	['li:lə]