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| experience first-hand (Anglophile) | |||
| find out the hard way (VLZ_58); learn first hand (VLZ_58); learn from the school of hard knocks (VLZ_58); bear on one's back/shoulders (There, many people bore the horrors of war on their backs. VLZ_58) | |||
| experience on own body (I experienced it on my own body. (часто с опущением "body" – I experienced it on my own.) Soulbringer) | |||