Idiom
problem child
Meaning
Someone or something persistently difficult or vexing; a frequent source of trouble or annoyance.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“That old printer is the problem child of the office.”
“The new software update has been a real problem child for the IT department this week.”
“Despite several attempts at repair, the vintage engine remained the problem child of the collection, constantly failing at the most inconvenient moments.”
Examples
simple
“That old printer is the problem child of the office.”
contextual
“The new software update has been a real problem child for the IT department this week.”
complex
“Despite several attempts at repair, the vintage engine remained the problem child of the collection, constantly failing at the most inconvenient moments.”
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