School of Hard Knocks

Etymology:

• This 19th century phrase deals with learning lessons from ones mistakes, hardships. It says when life knocks you round it makes you strong. School is such a place where you learn different subjects but there is another kind of school unlike formal school, but it teaches important lessons of life. This school is called the “school of hard knocks”. Although it is non-figurative school, but successful people who might not have learn from formal schools often say they have learn from the “school of hard knocks”.