hard knocks
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"Everyone loved her. I grew up with Tina Turner and she was a great woman to me, with a lot of sorrow too due to life's hard knocks but absolutely someone we could admire."
From Reuters • May 25, 2023
Australian rugby league in the early 1990s was an unforgiving school of hard knocks, tough men and scant sympathy.
From BBC • Feb. 2, 2023
“I’ve had a lot of hard knocks in my life, so I am mentally preparing myself” for the worst, Erickson said.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 2, 2022
The Red Cross’ preliminary medical report and the city’s hospital say four people needed treatment in a hospital for hard knocks they received during Sunday’s early morning bull run.
From Seattle Times • Jul. 10, 2022
Shasta cried only a very little; he was used to hard knocks.
From "The Horse and His Boy" by C.S. Lewis
