cut eye teeth Idiom, Proverb
cut eye teeth|cut|eye|teeth|tooth
informal To learn something very early in life; gain experience; start by learning or doing.
Used with a possessive, usually used with "on". The professional ball player cut his teeth on a baseball bat in the sandlots. Mr. Jones's company is building the new Post Office in town but Mr. Jones cut his eye teeth as a carpenter.cut (one's) teeth
To accretion acquaintance with something, abnormally at a adolescent age (when one's teeth would be advancing in). Oh, I cut my teeth on those kinds of equations! Give me a arduous botheration for a change! Jen may be young, but she cut her teeth at a celebrated journal, so her angle and ability will be invaluable to us.Learn more: cut, teethcut teeth
[for a babyish or adolescent person] to accept new teeth arising through the gums. Billy is bad-humored because he's acid teeth. Ann cut her aboriginal tooth this week.Learn more: cut, teeth
Dictionary
More Idioms/Phrases
cut a swathe cut across cut and run cut back cut both ways cut corners cut down cut down to size cut eye teeth cut ice cut in cut into cut loose cut no ice cut off cut off one's nose to spite one's face cut offs cut around cut around (something) cut ass out of somewhere cut at cut at (someone or something) cut away cut away at (someone or something) cut back cut back on (something) cut back to cut back to (someone or something) cut bait cut both ways cut both/two ways cut capers cut class cut coat according to cloth cut corners cut corners, to cut dead cut didoes cut down cut down to cut down to size cut each other's throats cut eye teeth cut eyes at cut eyes at (someone or something) cut eyeteeth on cut eyeteeth on (something) cut from cut from the same cloth cut from whole cloth cut ice with (someone) cut in cut in line cut in on (something) cut in(to) cut into cut it cut it all off cut it close cut it fine cut it out Cut it out! cut it/things fine cut loose cut loose from cut losses cut no ice cut no ice with (one)
An cut eye teeth idiom dictionary is a great resource for writers, students, and anyone looking to expand their vocabulary. It contains a list of words with similar meanings with cut eye teeth, allowing users to choose the best word for their specific context.
Dictionary of similar words, Different wording, Synonyms, Idioms for Idiom, Proverb cut eye teeth
Learn more
Music ♫