Alternative form of a little knowledge is a dangerous thing

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of learn the hard way

simple past tense and past participle of learn the hard way

To learn by experiencing the consequences of making mistakes.

(law, Australia, Britain, Hong Kong, New Zealand, Canada) A barrister on the opposing side of a dispute; a member of opposing counsel.

(linguistics) A word or other linguistic form borrowed from a classical language into a later one, but partly reshaped based on later sound changes or by analogy with inherited words in the language. These words occur, for example, in the Romance and the Indo-Aryan languages.

(figuratively) to learn to avoid repeating a mistake.

plural of semi-learned borrowing

Alternative form of that'll teach someone

simple past tense and past participle of learn from experience