Today’s “Phrase of the Day” is “learn the hard way” and it is a phrase meaning “to learn something through (personal) experience or by making mistakes”.
Example Sentence: Last year, I heard the Czech politician Zdeněk Hřib explain to the leaders of European cities how he had learned the hard way why they should not allow Chinese technology in their infrastructure or have any dealings with the organs of the Chinese state.
This phrase is present in The Guardian article No friendly politician is too obscure for insecure China, not even Barry Gardiner and click hear to read it.
Courtesy: The Guardian
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