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| Subject | English | Russian |
| idiom. | from the school of hard knocks | на собственной шкуре (VLZ_58) |
| idiom. | learn from the school of hard knocks | почувствовать на своей шкуре (VLZ_58) |
| idiom. | learn from the school of hard knocks | испытать на своей шкуре (VLZ_58) |
| idiom. | school of hard knocks | суровая школа жизни (Yeldar Azanbayev) |
| slang | school of hard knocks | горький опыт (Yeldar Azanbayev) |
| idiom. | school of hard knocks | опыт, сын ошибок трудных (grafleonov) |
| Makarov., inf. | school of hard knocks | школа жизни (The School of Hard Knocks is an idiomatic phrase meaning the (sometimes painful) education one gets from life's usually negative experiences, often contrasted with formal education -– eg, The practical experiences of life, including hardships and disappointments: "He hadn't grown up in the school of hard knocks. Politically he had lived an easy life" (Thomas P. O'Neill, Jr.).  wikipedia.org) |
| obs. | the school of hard knocks | суровая школа жизни (Anglophile) |
| Makarov. | the school of hard knocks | тяжёлая школа жизни |