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.
See also: baptism, fire

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Yevhen-Ukrainian
Alexandrea-lek-SAWNDR (French), ə-lə-SHAN-drə (Portuguese), ə-lə-SHAN-drə (Brazilian Portuguese), a-le-SHAN-dre (Galician)French, Portuguese, Galician, Catalan
MikaelaMEE-kah-e-lah (Finnish)Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Finnish
Belshazzar-Ancient Near Eastern, Biblical
Ragnhild-Swedish, Norwegian, Danish
Wilmot-Medieval English