Definition of school of hard knocks

school of hard knocks

• the metaphorical "school" of bad experiences.

  I'm a graduate of the school of hard knocks.

  Last edited on Oct 03 2009. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Oct 03 2009.

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Other terms relating to 'hard':
Are you comin' or just breathin' hard?	Definitions include: Can be said when impatiently waiting for someone to follow you. Double meaning of coming and orgasm.
between a rock and a hard place	Definitions include: in an impossible situation.
go hard	Definitions include: very good.
go hard in the paint	Definitions include: To say "I go Hard in the paint" for example means I'm not to be played with, I'm serious with mine.
hard	Definitions include: "cool", "neat", "awesome".
hard alcohol	Definitions include: liquor.
hard-*ss	Definitions include: a stubborn person.
hard-boiled	Definitions include: non-romanticized.
hard core	Definitions include: To be an aficionado, usually but not exclusively, at partying.
hard graft	Definitions include: Hard work
hard-knock life	Definitions include: a life during which many bad things happen.
hard-nosed	Definitions include: tough.
hard-on	Definitions include: an erect penis.
hard on the eyes	Definitions include: unattractive.
hard pill to swallow	Definitions include: a difficult thing to accept.
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Other terms relating to 'knock':
hard-knock life	Definitions include: a life during which many bad things happen.
knock	Definitions include: to impregnate.
knock about	Definitions include: variant of "knock around".
knock around	Definitions include: to mistreat.
knock back	Definitions include: to drink.
knock boots	Definitions include: to have sexual intercourse.
knock dead	Definitions include: to impress.
knock down	Definitions include: A formal introduction-
knocked off	Definitions include: stolen.
knocked out	Definitions include: In a deep sleep.
knocked up	Definitions include: Also the past tense of "knock up".
knockin	Definitions include: adverb - really, very, conveying a sense of the extreme.
knock it off	Definitions include: stop.
knock it out	Definitions include: to have sexual intercourse.
knock off	Definitions include: a forgery.
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Other terms relating to 'of':
abbreviated piece of nothing	Definitions include: a worthless person.
a bit of how's your father	Definitions include: sexual activity.
about the size of it	Definitions include: a good estimate.
a couple beers short of a six-pack	Definitions include: a little crazy
a few cans short of a six pack	Definitions include: of lower than average intelligence.
a few fries short of a happy meal	Definitions include: "not all there".
afraid of (one's) shadow	Definitions include: skittish.
a grain of *ssault	Definitions include: an amount of violence.
ahead of the curve	Definitions include: having an opinion or belief prior to it becoming common or popular.
a hell of a	Definitions include: an impressive.
a hell of an	Definitions include: an impressive.
all kinds of	Definitions include: many.
all of my yes	Definitions include: an emphatic "yes".
all that and a bag of chips	Definitions include: better than all that.
all that and a bag of Fritos	Definitions include: the best.
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Other terms relating to 'school':
b school	Definitions include: business school.
get schooled	Definitions include: See school.
old-school	Definitions include: old.
safety school	Definitions include: a college or university applied to that is sure to accept the applicant, in case the applicant is rejected by all other schools applied to.
school	Definitions include: to strongly defeat during a competitive activity. Etymology: someone that was "schooled" has been "taken to school."
take the short bus to school	Definitions include: a way of saying the individual wasn't bright.
take to school	Definitions include: to defeat.
too cool for school	Definitions include: with an exaggerated sense of one's coolness.

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