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
But Ms Blessley says "it's not a museum piece" and has faced some hard knocks.
From BBC ● Feb. 28, 2023
Sam is a straightforward girl who suffers hard knocks and learns to climb rocks as she undergoes the traumas and revelations of growing up from age 7 to 19.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 16, 2023
Horses and bulls don’t care about the color of your skin or how many hard knocks you’ve suffered.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 4, 2022
Shasta cried only a very little; he was used to hard knocks.
From "The Horse and His Boy" by C.S. Lewis
