cut (one's) eyeteeth

To gain experience with something, especially at a young age (when one's teeth would be coming in). One's "eyeteeth" are the canines. Oh, I cut my eyeteeth on those kinds of equations! Give me a challenging problem for a change! Jen may be young, but she cut her eyeteeth at a prestigious journal, so her perspective and expertise will be invaluable to us.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Suellen	soo-EL-ən	English
Elisabet	e-LEE-sah-bet (Swedish, Norwegian), E-lee-sah-bet (Finnish)	Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Finnish, Spanish, Biblical Greek
Grady	['greidi]
Konstantin	KAWN-stahn-teen (German), kahn-stahn-TEEN (Russian)	German, Hungarian, Russian, Serbian, Bulgarian, Macedonian
MelİKe	-	Turkish
Riad	-	Arabic