Swedish-English translations for elddop

• baptism of fire
  It was given a baptism of fire by being faced with a really thorny issue. Ordförandeskapet genomgick ett riktigt elddop när det fick ta itu med ett så svårhanterat ärende.
  I also wish to greet Mr Kovács, the new Commissioner-designate for taxation, who is similarly having his baptism of fire today. Jag vill också gratulera László Kovács, den nyutnämnde kommissionären för skattefrågor, som också har sitt elddop i dag.
  Having to deal with a bomb scare on his first day was a real baptism of fire for John.
• baptism by fire
  The new folks really get put through a baptism by fire, to start doing a stressful job with so little training.

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