Idiom
university of life
Meaning
The real world as a source of instruction, as opposed to a formal education.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“He learned his best lessons at the university of life.”
“She never finished her degree, but she gained plenty of wisdom from the university of life while traveling.”
“While his peers studied theory in lecture halls, he attended the university of life, where practical experience proved far more valuable than any textbook.”
Examples
simple
“He learned his best lessons at the university of life.”
contextual
“She never finished her degree, but she gained plenty of wisdom from the university of life while traveling.”
complex
“While his peers studied theory in lecture halls, he attended the university of life, where practical experience proved far more valuable than any textbook.”
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