Mashmellow  +  412970 Sun, 02 Sep 07 08:24 AM "I cut my teeth  on all the young dancer roles in musicals."   what is the meaning of "cut my teeth on" thank you!     Mashmellow Joined on Wed, Mar 15 2006 melbourne Full Member 136 hope for the best, prepare for the worst

	Tanit  +  412986 Sun, 02 Sep 07 09:27 AM cut your teeth (British, American & Australian, American) to get your first experience of a particular type of work and learn the basic skills. She cut her teeth on a local newspaper before landing a job on a national daily. (often + on) Tanit Joined on Mon, Jul 31 2006 Senior Member 3,037 There is no greater pain than to remember a happy time when one is in misery. (Dante)

	JCDenton  +  412993 Sun, 02 Sep 07 09:44 AM Heh..:-) I used this idiom in my work during an email conversation with our software supplier from Tampa (US). We talked about our programming skills and I have written to him: I had been cutting my teeth on the Java language, before I was promoted to the .NET team. Idiom "cut my teeth on" is cool and is being used widely.   cheers JCD         JCDenton Joined on Tue, Jul 3 2007 Regular Member 658 Idioms, Conversations