Tag: learn the hard way
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School of hard knocks
Idiom: School of hard knocks Most of us do not want to go to school when we’re young. Many of us do not want to return to school once we have graduated. None of us ever want to go to the school of hard knocks. No matter how challenging formal education is, it is never…
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Learn the hard way
Phrase: Learn the hard way From time to time, we have to learn something the hard way. Experience is the best teacher. Yes, we can learn from books or by asking questions, but forgetting what we have acquired is easy if the learning did not leave a strong impression. Making mistakes, however, is the hard way…
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Keep your friends close, and your enemies closer
Proverb: Keep your friends close and your enemies closer Do you have an enemy? Perhaps you have a frenemy instead? If you do, you may want to keep tabs on that person. Maybe you should try to be around them more often than you want. Why? Because you should keep your friends close and your…
