2007-12-04 08:30:13 · 7 answers · asked by Stylish B 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Languages
The school of hard knocks is a phrase used to describe learning through making the wrong decision and suffering the painful results. That teaches you that wasn't the right decision.
2007-12-04 08:38:36 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Sometimes a person is referred to as having graduated from the school of hardknocks which means they have survived great difficulties in life. I would take it as a compliment. It is a bit of an old-fashioned expression these days but still accurate and useful.
2007-12-04 08:41:52 · answer #2 · answered by Jane S 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm sorry, but I'd have to tell the truth. I'd make it as hysterically funny as possible, too. Because I need a writing sample the first day of school to see where we are and where we need to go, I try to ask something they can really get emotional about: mad, glad, or sad, doesn't matter. This year I asked for a full account of the summer vacation they wish they'd had IF time and money had been no object.I wrote one, too.
2016-03-13 07:26:20 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It means learned from experience.
2007-12-04 08:38:32 · answer #4 · answered by Larry W 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Experience,you learn as you go through life.
2007-12-04 08:38:23 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It means learning something the hard way or by experience. When I told my dad that I learned from my mistakes, he said, "Well, you ought to be a damn genius by now."
2007-12-04 08:39:05 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
THINGS YOU LEARN BY EXPERIENCE THAT ARE SOMETIMES PAINFUL.
2007-12-04 08:50:23 · answer #7 · answered by Loren S 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋