| 词汇 | birth-pangs |
| 释义 | birth pangs noun[ plural ] uk /ˈbɜːθ ˌpæŋz/ us /ˈbɝːθ ˌpæŋz/ the problems that come with the start of something new, especially a big social change: birth pangs ofWhat we are living through today are the birth pangs of a new regime. The book is a multi-volume history of America from its colonial birth pangs to the present. old-fashioned or literary the pains a mother experiences when giving birth to a baby: The idea was that on the day she felt birth pangs, we would go out and get a taxi, and she would go to hospital. Grimacing from contractions, Maria had more on her mind than birth pangs. See also contraction The country is changing at a faster pace than at any time since the brutal birth pangs of the Industrial Revolution. I think some of the difficulties of the past few years have been the birth pangs of a different kind of working life. The stadium, despite horrendous birth pangs, has emerged as one of the most splendid in the world. Experiencing difficulties be be (caught) between a rock and a hard placeidiom be climbing the wallsidiom be for the high jumpidiom be/come up against a brick wallidiom flounder frying pan fumble fun go through a bad/difficult/rough/sticky patchidiom jungle leg on a razor edgeidiom out of the frying pan into the fireidiom pickle pressed prob rocky sticky strand You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Pain & painful Obstetrics: birth |
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