0 If you learn something in the school of hard knocks, you learn it as a result of difficult or unpleasant experiences.
It was a school of hard knocks in some ways but it was very enjoyable and good for us.
His staff joked that he had no formal education but the school of hard knocks.
You'll learn far more in the school of hard knocks.
He grew up on the streets and claimed that his "real education was in the school of hard knocks".
Although this doesn't stay her hand as she's a firm believer in teaching with a hard, strict, firm hand in the school of hard knocks.
