live and learn
idiom
informal
—used to say that one has learned something from an experience that is surprising and usually unpleasant
I thought I could trust him, but I couldn't. Oh well, live and learn.
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Exhausted, not just fatigued, and financially depleted, not just strained, colleges and universities – being institutions that welcome and gather large numbers of people together to live and learn – once again began planning for a pivot.
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David Rosowsky, Forbes, 4 May 2023
David Rosowsky, Forbes, 4 May 2023
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“Live and learn.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/live%20and%20learn. Accessed 19 Apr. 2024.
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