SCHOOLOFHARDKNOCKS

School of Hard Knocks

The School of Hard Knocks or University of Hard Knocks is an idiomatic phrase meaning the education one gets from life's usually negative experiences, often contrasted with formal education. The term is frequently misattributed to George Ade, but was actually coined by Elbert Hubbard in a piece he wrote on himself for Cosmopolitan in 1902.

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school of hard knocks

Noun

  1. The source of an education consisting of real-world experiences, especially adverse experiences.


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