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| Subject | Russian | English |
| gen. | набивать шишки | it takes/ to get/ to suffer bumps and bruises (Cadet Rodriguez had suffered his share of bumps and bruises before graduation, but he managed to pass with flying colors. It just goes to show you that we all suffer bumps and bruises but at the end of the day that is a real component of the restaurant business. m_rakova) |
| gen. | набивать шишки | take/ get hard knocks (She'd taken one too many hard knocks, one too many disappointments. m_rakova) |
| Игорь Миг | набивая шишки | by trial and error |
| chess.term. | не раз "набивать шишки" в ходе турнира | take a few lumps in a tournament |
| gen. | успеха достигают те, кто набивая шишку за шишкой, не теряет энтузиазма | success consists of going from failure to failure without loss of enthusiasm (Winston Churchill Alex_Odeychuk) |
| gen. | учиться, набивая шишки | learn the hard way (Баян) |
| slang | функция, которая заставляет пользователя набивать себе шишки | footgun (сленг программистов Баян) |