a baptism by fire

a baptism by/of fire

a very difficult first experience of something I was given a million-dollar project to manage in my first month. It was a real baptism by fire.

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Biff	BIF	English (Rare)
Bradley	['brædli]
Savina	-	Italian
Merit (2)	-	Swedish
Coreen	kə-REEN	English (Rare)
Cash	[kæʃ]