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hard knocks
[ hahrd noks ]
plural noun
- adversity or hardships:
Wouldn't it be lovely to be able to learn life's hard lessons without life's hard knocks?
Growing up in the Depression, my grandfather had his share of hard knocks.
Example Sentences
Ritter fleshes out Liz and shows more of her vulnerable side through flashbacks to the hard knocks she experienced in her emotionally turbulent past.
Dubois is a graduate of the literal school of hard knocks.
"Everyone loved her. I grew up with Tina Turner and she was a great woman to me, with a lot of sorrow too due to life's hard knocks but absolutely someone we could admire."
It took a lot of hard knocks to get through to him, and it was at one of his lowest points when he reconnected, somewhat drunkenly, with Ted.
But Ms Blessley says "it's not a museum piece" and has faced some hard knocks.
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