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school of hard knocksstresses
idiom. суровая школа жизни (Yeldar Azanbayev); опыт, сын ошибок трудных (grafleonov)
Makarov., inf. 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)
slang горький опыт (Yeldar Azanbayev)
school of hard knocks: 5 phrases in 3 subjects
Idiomatic3
Makarov1
Obsolete / dated1