Tag: school of hard knocks
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The path of least resistance
Phrase: The path of least resistance Are you an expert on how to live life? No? Me neither. To simplify things, there are two ways to live: You can do things by going through the school of hard knocks, otherwise known as the hard way, or taking the path of least resistance which is the…
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Live and learn
Phrase: Live and learn If you are a regular reader of these posts, you already know about the school of hard knocks. Well, live and learn is Hard Knocks for Dummies. We can’t attain all our knowledge from books. Sometimes we can only learn from experience. It’s rare to find Mr. or Mrs. Right the…
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Game of Chance
WotD: Game of Chance There is very little in life that you can call a sure thing. With this truth in mind, I suppose we could say life itself is a game of chance. Every decision we make or action we take is a gamble, hoping things will work out the way we think they…
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Pay your dues
Phrase: Pay your dues Very few people get a quick and comfortable ride to the top. If you want to be successful, you will have to pay your dues like everyone else and wait for your number to come up. To pay your dues means to suffer through difficulties and hardship before becoming successful and having what…
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The heavy lifting
WotD: The heavy lifting Before you make up your mind that today’s picture is not worth looking at or liking, you should hang around long enough to learn what the heavy lifting means. The heavy lifting is the hardest or least enjoyable part of a job or task. When it comes to housework, for example, cleaning the toilets…
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Fall on deaf ears
Idiom: Fall on deaf ears Have you ever suggested someone only to have it fall on deaf ears? You can get a lot of satisfaction from a situation like this when you say I told you so in the end. Of course, if you’re reading my blog, you are not a smug or evil person. Therefore, you would…
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School of hard knocks
Idiom: School of hard knocks Most of us do not want to go to school when we’re young. Many of us do not want to return to school once we have graduated. None of us ever want to go to the school of hard knocks. No matter how challenging formal education is, it is never…
