의미: burrowing

★bur·row〔bəːrou, bʌr-│bʌr-〕 n. (여우·토끼·두더지 등이 판) 굴; 피신처, 은신처(shelter)
━ vt. , vi. <굴을> 파다; 굴에 살다[숨다]; 잠복하다; 깊이 파고들다[조사하다]
burrow one's way 굴을 파며 나아가다
burrow·er n. 굴 파는 동물

rowing 관용구

have growing pains

Idiom(s): have growing pains

Theme: DIFFICULTY

[for an organization] to have difficulties in its growth.
• The banker apologized for losing my check and said the bank was having growing pains.
• Governments have terrible growing pains.

growing pains|grow|growing|pain|pains

n. 1. Pains in children's legs supposed to be caused by changes in their bodies and feelings as they grow. The little girl's legs hurt, and her mother told her she had growing pains. 2. informal Troubles when something new is beginning or growing. The factory has growing pains.

growing pains

growing pains
Problems that arise in beginning or enlarging an enterprise, as in The company is undergoing growing pains but should be viable by next year. This expression, which dates from the late 1800s, originally referred to the joint and limb aches experienced by youngsters who are growing rapidly. By about 1900 it was being used figuratively.

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