lived reality(The labels or boxes we use often reflect legal and administrative categories, not the lived realities of the people who we hasten to place into them. Используемые нами определения-ячейки или ярлыки зачастую отражают правовые и административные категории, а не жизненные реалии людей, которых мы торопимся в них разместить.HQ)
the facts of life(Andrey Truhachev; "A fact of life" (an unpleasant situation which has to be accepted because it cannot be changed) must not be confused with the phrase "the facts of life", which is a slightly indirect and humorous way of referring to information about sexual reproduction (from "English Idioms in Use. Intermediate" by Michael McCarthy and Felicity O'Dell) Bob_cat)
