the hard way

Rep. Adam Schiff was reminded of the hard way: The Democratic congressman had his luggage swiped from his car while it was parked in a downtown garage.

“Mr. Magana has learned the hard way the effects of his actions — loss of freedom, loss of job, loss of family,” the defense wrote.

Except, as Freud was soon to learn the hard way, the Nazis were not content with just burning his books.

As Hall learned the hard way, the law makes no exception for lethal fetal anomalies.

This is a lesson I didn’t have to learn the hard way: The one time a rental car agency tried to bill me for a door ding, I notified my credit card company.