university of life

Language: en

Meaning: (idiomatic,chieflyUKandIreland)Thereal worldas a source ofinstruction, as opposed to aformaleducation.I learned all I need to know from theuniversity of life, not from books.1922February,James Joyce,Ulysses, Paris:Shakespeare and Company,[…],→OCLC:[BEAUFOY:] We are considerably out of pocket over this bally pressman johnny, this jackdaw of Rheims, who has not even been to a university.BLOOM: (Indistinctly)University of life.

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