Idioms

learn (something) the hard way
to learn something that is difficult or unpleasant by one's own experience
The young man learned things the hard way when he went to jail for stealing the computer.

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  • learn the ropes
  • learn to live with (something)
  • least of all
  • leave (someone or something) behind
  • leave (someone or something) in (someone's) hands
  • leave (someone) alone
  • leave (someone) flat
  • leave (someone) for dead
  • leave (someone) high and dry
  • leave (someone) holding the bag
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  • above suspicion
  • dead on one's feet
  • on order
  • ill at ease
  • to the best of one's knowledge
  • zoom in on (someone or something)
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  • on one's shoulders
  • beside the point
  • scrape (something) up or scrape up (something)
  • egg (someone) on or egg on (someone)


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