have growing pains

1. Fig. [for a child] to have pains—which are attributed to growth-in the muscles and joints. The doctor said that all Mary had were growing pains and that nothing was really wrong. Not everyone has growing pains.

2. Fig. [for an organization] to have difficulties in its early stages of growth. The banker apologized for losing my check and said the bank was having growing pains. The new administration was having terrible growing pains.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Herodias	-	Biblical, Biblical Latin, Biblical Greek, Ancient Greek
Iedida	-	Biblical Greek
Raharjo	rah-HAHR-jo	Indonesian, Javanese
Orabela	o-rah-BE-lah	Esperanto
Ransom	['rænsəm]
Iachin	-	Biblical Latin, Biblical Greek