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hard knocks
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Princeton's WordNet
adversity, hardship, hard knocksnoun
a state of misfortune or affliction
"debt-ridden farmers struggling with adversity"; "a life of hardship"
Synonyms:
rigor, rigourousness, severeness, adversity, hardship, severity, grimness, asperity, rigorousness, rigour
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Words popularity by usage frequency
| ranking | word | |
|---|---|---|
| #10009 | severity | |
| #18786 | hardship | |
| #30603 | adversity | |
| #38903 | rigor | |
| #64493 | rigour | |
| #209122 | asperity | |
| #256029 | grimness |
How to use hard knocks in a sentence?
Captain Edmund Blackadder, Blackadder Goes Forth:
I, on the other hand, have a degree from the University of Life, a diploma from the School of Hard Knocks, and three gold stars from the Kindergarten of Getting the Shit Kicked Out of Me.
If you can learn from hard knocks, you can also learn from soft touches.
The school of hard knocks is an accelerated curriculum.
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