Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

first olive out of the bottle

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.96 in modern English

Syllables: first o-live out of the bot-tle
IPA

38

Scrabble Score

24

Letters

3

Syllables

12

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An initial obstacle or hindrance, preventing further progress until it is dealt with.

Example Sentences

"The first paragraph of each month's article is the hardest to get out, it is like getting the first olive out of the bottle and after the first one is out the rest come easy."
"To me the important thing was to get the first olive out of the bottle. Once we got the first debate on, whether it was a debate or a “Face the Nation” or “Meet the Press” kind of program, this did not trouble me."
"Now that Great Canadian have fished the first olive out of the bottle, Cities Services, Shell and Can-Amera all wanted development permits and were either applying for permission or countering someone else's application."

Synonyms

first olive out of the jar

Questions

What does first olive out of the bottle mean?: An initial obstacle or hindrance, preventing further progress until it is dealt with.

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