growing pains
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- noun
- /ˈɡroʊɪŋ peɪnz/
:
dolores de crecimiento
- Anyway, since coming off it, my body muscles ache, especially my legs, almost like childhood growing pains.
- normal growing pains
- cause of growing pains
- child experiencing growing pains
Examples
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This sentence came up in my life when I was going through a really challenging growth spurt and some growing pains, both personally and professionally.
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As he experienced growing pains, he often woke up with discomfort in his knees and legs.
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This is the sort of growing pain we want to see.
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I'm being forced to grow and subsequently feeling those damn growing pains.
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We will know much more in a few weeks; the source of her growing pains, intense feelings of tumor growth, and change.
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I don't want to erase my past because I know inside it has made me who I am today, but I hope as a mother that she doesn't experience the same growing pains that I did.
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We've seen this year what a drop-off in special teams can do with freshman punter Cason Beatty undergoing his growing pains.
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Many children complain of aches in their legs at night, which are often referred to as growing pains.
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Doctors reassure parents that these temporary aches are simply growing pains associated with their child's development.
Antonyms
How Painful
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Surface Forms
Morphology
The phrase literally evokes 'pains' associated with 'growing', so a learner who knows 'grow' and 'pains' can infer it refers to difficulties accompanying growth or development. This metaphorical but straightforward compositional mapping is common across languages and follows a clear semantic pattern, making it understandable to a B1 learner.
Etymology
Growing pains come from the real aches children often feel when their bodies grow quickly and their muscles or joints hurt. That's why the phrase means 'aches or discomfort during growth'.