school of hard knocks
learning through difficult experiences

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school of hard knocks
learning through difficult experiences.
An early training in the school of hard knocks was good preparation for a career in politics.

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school of hard knocks
the ordinary experience of learning from work and daily life
She left school early and began to learn about life in the school of hard knocks.

The man learned about life in the school of hard knocks.

[TahlilGaran] English Idioms Dictionary ▲

school of hard knocks
n. phr. Life outside of school or college; life out in the world; the ordinary experience of learning from work and troubles.
He never went to high school; he was educated in the school of hard knocks.

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