School-related Idiom: "The School of Hard Knocks"

The School of Hard knocks (Idiom) If you learn something in the school of hard knocks, you learn it as a result of difficult or unpleasant experiences. A school of hard knocks is a way of learning valuable lessons in life through practical experience and not through the books. Example: She learned from the school of hard knocks that failures are not the end but rather a part of her journey to success. Origin This 19th century phrase deals with learning lessons from ones mistakes, hardships. It says when life knocks you round it makes you strong. School is such a place where you learn different subjects but there is another kind of school unlike formal school, but it teaches important lessons of life. This school is called the “school of hard knocks”. Although it is non-figurative school, but successful people who might not have learn from formal schools often say they have learn from the “school of hard knocks”. Thesaurus absorb all-nighter article assimilate audit autodidact be no stranger to sth idiom blended learning bone bone up brain training by-heart constructivism cram cut cut your political, professional, etc. teeth idiom deep learning deskill do 1 epistemic experience familiar familiarize yourself with sth feel fossilization fossilized gen gen up genned up have heard of sb/sth hear hear tell (of) idiom heathen hit hit the books idiom imbibe know know all there is to know about sth idiom know best idiom know better (than sb) idiom know better (than to do sth) idiom know sth back to front idiom know sth from sth know sth like the back of your hand idiom know what it is (like) to idiom know what you are doing idiom know what you are talking about idiom know what's what idiom know which side your bread is buttered (on) idiom know your way around sth idiom knowable known learn learn a/your lesson idiom learning learning curve life major master minor mug mug (sth) up onboarding orientation osmosis perceive pick pick sth up put it down to experience idiom quick quidnunc reacquaint read recognition recognize reskill retrain review revise revision rub rub off school school of hard knocks idiom self-access self-study shadow sit sit under sb specialism specialize steep steep sth/sb in sth stranger studious studiousness study study holiday study under sb swot swot up (sth) teachable tell that the school/university of life idiom training uncultivated uncultured unteachable upskill upskilling References: Cambridgedictionary.com