idiom
learn the hard way
LERN the HARD way
lɜːrn ðə hɑːrd weɪListen
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Syllable breakdown
learnthehardway
Dictionary meaning
acquire knowledge or understanding through painful personal experience, failure, or suffering rather than through instruction, advice, or observation of others' mistakes; the lessons learned this way tend to be more durable precisely because they came at a cost
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