Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Russian term or phrase:
набивают шишки
English translation:
learn (things) the hard way (from hard (bitter) experience, at the school of hard knocks, etc.)
Russian term
набивают шишки
Jan 13, 2011 01:27: Judith Hehir changed "Level" from "Non-PRO" to "PRO"
Jan 17, 2011 09:03: Yuri Larin Created KOG entry
PRO (3): Alex Khanin, Marina Aleyeva, Judith Hehir
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Ukraine
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learn (things) the hard way (from hard (bitter) experience, at the school of hard knocks, etc.)
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make their way through
| Maria, thank you for your help |
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Pushing the envelope of meaning
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step on a rake
| Thank you for your answer, Alex |
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live and learn
Learn from experience and from your mistakes.
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/Live and learn
| I wanted to award points here, Marina, but I'm afraid I'm not allowed to split them |
getting the hard knocks
| Thank you for your answer. I just barely favored Yuri's longer explanation |
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earn their calluses
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Dinosaurs of darkness - Google Books Result
Thomas H. V. Rich, Patricia Vickers-Rich - 2000 - Nature - 222 pages
We soon learned that people who pay to work are determined to earn their calluses. Whereas about 70 percent of other volunteers made a substantial physical ...
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Gunnison Gorge: Pushing forward into the rapids - Wyoming Tribune ...
Jul 8, 2010 ... The lessons of the Gunnison are hard learned in a place where anglers can be made and broken, where oarsmen earn their calluses, and there ...
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A passage to Florida: Terese Carpenter of Nile Inc. breathes life ...
The Orlando Sentinel (Orlando, Florida) (via Knight-Ridder/Tribune Business News); February 15, 2002 ; 700+ words ... ... who earn their calluses as ...
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My fingers earn their calluses. So keep your manicure. I don't need constant atten- tion. To deify myself. I don't need diamonds or jewelry ...
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Some Guy In Wisconsin - Contemporary Christian Music
The workers earn their calluses. And lay their tributes in your hoard. But still you would withhold from them their share. You build your gilded palaces ...
www.angelfire.com/music/sdcmadwi/ - Cached
| I liked the answer, Michael, but I'm afraid I can only award one set of points |
getting some bumps and bruises along the way
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Note added at 19 hrs (2011-01-13 16:39:51 GMT)
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or: getting/taking their share of bumps and bruises along the way
| Many thanks, Judith. I wish I could split the points. Apparently this is not allowed. Harry |
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