Growing pains

/ɡɹˈəʊɪŋ pˈeɪnz/

/ɡɹˈoʊɪŋ pˈeɪnz/

Growing pains

problems that arise in enlarging an enterprise (especially in the early stages)

emotional distress arising during adolescence

pain in muscles or joints sometimes experienced by children and often attributed to rapid growth

Examples

1. Beware of the growing pains.

2. So there are some growing pains.

3. You can feel the growing pains.

4. But this impressive expansion hasn't come without growing pains.