live and learn

English

Phrase

(deprecated template usage) live and learn

1. An exhortation to gain knowledge from lived experiences. Commonly used after an accident or misfortune to indicate a moral lesson.

See also

• learn the hard way

Translations

exhortation to gain knowledge from lived experiences

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 活到老，學到老／活到老，学到老 (zh) (huó dào lǎo, xué dào lǎo), 活到老，学到老 (zh) (huó dào lǎo, xué dào lǎo), 學無止境／学无止境 (zh) (xuéwúzhǐjìng), 学无止境 (zh) (xuéwúzhǐjìng), 吃一塹長一智／吃一堑长一智, 吃一堑长一智 (chīyīqiàn zhǎngyīzhì)

• Finnish: oppia ikä kaikki
• Portuguese: vivendo e aprendendo
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• Russian: век живи́ — век учи́сь (ru) (vek živí — vek učísʹ)
• Spanish: ninguno escarmienta en cabeza ajena, nadie nace aprendido, nadie nace sabiendo, errando se aprende a herrar (dated)
• Swedish: man lär så länge man lever