ordinary experiences of life He learned all about life in the school of hard knocks.
the school of hard knocks
life's hard lessons, learning from mistakes, roll with the punches "Teachers taught me what I should know; the school of hard knocks taught me what I must know."
Opportunity seldom knocks twice.
Don't miss opportunities that come along.
Fortune knocks once at every man's door
Everyone gets one good chance in a lifetime.
Opportunity knocks but once
This idiom means that you only get one chance to achieve what you really want to do.
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n. phr. Life outside of school or college; life out in the world; the ordinary experience of learning from work and troubles. He never went to high school; he was educated in the school of hard knocks.
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