Glossary entry

English term or phrase:

hard-knocks

Croatian translation:

težak život/djetinjstvo

Added to glossary by Andreja Ciković
Dec 14, 2008 14:50
15 yrs ago
English term

hard-knocks

English to Croatian Art/Literary Cinema, Film, TV, Drama Literature
Jim Carrey arrived in Hollywood with a hard-knocks family background.
Proposed translations (Croatian)
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težak život/djetinjstvo

teškoće u životu ( materijalne, emotivne, problematična obitelj itd)

po meni, u vaš kontekst ide " problematična obitelj" " dolazi iz problematične obitelji " i slično.

najprikladnije na našem jeziku : težak život

Primjer:

The practical experiences of life, including hardships and disappointments: “He hadn't grown up in the school of hard knocks. Politically he had lived an easy life”
Example sentence:

the school of hard knocks learning through difficult experiences. An early training in the school of hard knocks was good preparation for a career in politics.

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