learning through difficult experiences in life
обучаться через трудные опыты в жизни (obuchat'sya cherez trudnye opyty v zhizni)
"He didn’t go to college, but he learned from the school of hard knocks."
"Он не пошел в колледж, но он научился в школе твердых ударов." (On ne poshel v kolledzh, no on nauchilsya v **shkole tverdykh udarov**.)
to fail to keep a promise
To invent a false story.
information spread by people talking to each other
to make someone learn from their mistake
to deal with something briefly without detail
To believe in someone's honesty or ability