pl.n. Informal.
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.).
| Dictionary: hard knocks |
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.).
| school (Idiom) | |
| school of hard knocks (Idiom) | |
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