English-Swedish translations for baptism of fire

• elddop ett
  Ordförandeskapet genomgick ett riktigt elddop när det fick ta itu med ett så svårhanterat ärende.It was given a baptism of fire by being faced with a really thorny issue.
  Jag vill också gratulera László Kovács, den nyutnämnde kommissionären för skattefrågor, som också har sitt elddop i dag.I also wish to greet Mr Kovács, the new Commissioner-designate for taxation, who is similarly having his baptism of fire today.

Definition of baptism of fire

• The gift of the Holy Spirit
• Martyrdom by immolation

Examples

• Having to deal with a bomb scare on his first day was a real baptism of fire for John.

Related words

• baptism of desire
• Feast of the Baptism of the Lord
• certificate of baptism