Everyday English
learn something the hard way
learn through an unpleasant experience
To learn a lesson because you have experienced a problem or made a mistake.
Hear it in real life
Why do you keep a spare key now?
I learnt that lesson the hard way after getting locked out.
I learnt the hard way that you should always check the weather first.
The mistake everyone makes
Not: learn it in the hard way
Say: learn it the hard way
Use “the hard way” without a preposition.
Build it
How it fits in a sentence.
learn something the hard way; learnt something the hard way
Your turn: say it out loud
I learnt the hard way that you should always check the weather first.
Say it out loud two or three times, until it feels like yours.
learn something the hard way
learn through an unpleasant experience
“I learnt the hard way that you should always check the weather first.”
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