school of hard knocks
school of hard knocks · schools of hard knocks
школа жизни
Schule des Lebens
The source of an education consisting of real-world experiences, especially adverse…The source of an education consisting of real-world experiences, especially adverse experiences.
Meaning
1 senses(US, countable, idiomatic)The source of an education consisting of real-world experiences, especially adverse experiences.
Schule des Lebens
шко́ла жи́зниškóla žízni
Translations
6 languagesРусский
By meaning 1
source of education by adverse experience:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
source of education by adverse experience:
Forms
plural: schools of hard knocks| Singular | school of hard knocks |
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irregular
Synonyms
3 synonymsuniversity of lifeuniversity of the streetsuniversity of hard knocks
Word family
1 related wordsRelatedlife lesson
See also
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