Idiom
university of the streets
Meaning
Synonym of school of hard knocks.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“He learned everything he knows at the university of the streets.”
“She never finished her degree, but she gained a sharp business sense from the university of the streets.”
“While his peers studied theory in lecture halls, he navigated the university of the streets, acquiring a practical wisdom that no textbook could ever provide.”
Examples
simple
“He learned everything he knows at the university of the streets.”
contextual
“She never finished her degree, but she gained a sharp business sense from the university of the streets.”
complex
“While his peers studied theory in lecture halls, he navigated the university of the streets, acquiring a practical wisdom that no textbook could ever provide.”
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