school of hard knocks

Meaning: ; (countable,idiomatic,chieflyUS)The source of aneducationconsisting ofreal-worldexperiences, especiallyadverseexperiences.[1870]Synonyms:university of hard knocks,university of life,university of the streets1870,The Men Who Advertise: An Account of Successful Advertisers, New York: Rowell, page161:Trained, however, in theschool of hard knocks, he now had learned the theory of success, and from that time on has had it.2000April 26, Walter A. McDougall, “Who Were We in Vietnam?”, inNew York Times, retrieved 3 Aug. 2008:Did Vietnam'sschool of hard knocksteach Americans to do peacemaking and state building right?

Examples:

EN: The school of hard knocks, near Windsor.
ES: La escuela de Hard Knox... cerca de Windsor.
EN: This must be your diploma from the school of hard knocks.
ES: Este debe ser tu diploma de la universidad de la calle...
EN: He was one of those guys who had come up through the school of hard knocks.
ES: Era uno de esos sujetos que salían... de una escuela de duros golpes.
EN: l attended the school of hard knocks.
ES: Fui a la escuela de la vida.
EN: Oh, school of hard knocks.
ES: Oh, escuela de la vida.
EN: I come from a school of hard knocks, you know.
ES: Yo vengo de la escuela de la vida, ya sabe.
EN: # From the school of hard knocks #
ES: # Egresados de la escuela de la vida #
ES: # Egresados de la escuela de la vida #
ES: # Egresados de la escuela de la vida #
EN: Michael comes from the school of hard knocks.
ES: ÉI aprendió a los golpes.
EN: Face beat up by the school of hard knocks
ES: Tenía una cara toda destrozada por muchas bofetadas
EN: I studied fried chicken at the school of hard knocks.
ES: Yo estudié pollo frito en la escuela de la calle.
EN: I was, like, "Hey, Teach. You... come with me. To the school of hard knocks."
ES: Estaba, como, "Hey, profe, ... ven conmigo a la escuela de la vida".
EN: I matriculated at the school of hard knocks.
ES: Me matriculé en la escuela de la vida.
EN: The school of hard knocks, where you will eventually learn discipline.
ES: La escuela de la vida,... Con el tiempo, aprenderás disciplina.
EN: Let's see if she's another diamond in the rough like the brothers from the school of hard knocks.
ES: Veamos si es otro diamante en bruto como los hermanos de la "escuela de los duros golpes".
EN: We go to the school of hard knocks, a one-year vocational program where you learn to bang on doors and scare people into subscribing to magazines
ES: Vamos a la escuela de la vida, un programa de formación profesional de un año donde se aprende a golpear en las puertas y a asustar a la gente para que se suscriban a revistas

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