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| English | Russian |
| give someone a hard knock | шибко ударить (кого-либо) |
| he took a few hard knocks | несчастья сваливались на него одно за другим |
| school of hard knocks | школа жизни (The School of Hard Knocks is an idiomatic phrase meaning the (sometimes painful) education one gets from life's usually negative experiences, often contrasted with formal education -– eg, 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" (Thomas P. O'Neill, Jr.).  wikipedia.org) |
| she has suffered some hard knocks | она пережила несколько тяжёлых ударов судьбы |
| she took a few hard knocks | ей не везло |
| the school of hard knocks | тяжёлая школа жизни |