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university of life en · NOUN
Pronunciation
Meanings
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(Ireland, UK, idiomatic) The real world as a source of instruction, as opposed to a formal education.
[BEAUFOY:] We are considerably out of pocket over this bally pressman johnny, this jackdaw of Rheims, who has not even been to a university.
BLOOM: (Indistinctly) University of life.
1922 February 2, James Joyce, Ulysses, Paris: Shakespeare and Company […], →OCLC:I learned all I need to know from the university of life, not from books.
Forms
Relateds
street smarts
Synonyms
school of hard knocks · university of the streets