hard knocks

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noun

a state of misfortune or affliction
- debt-ridden farmers struggling with adversity
- a life of hardship
• Syn:
adversity, hardship
• Derivationally related forms:
adverse (for: adversity)
• Hypernyms:
misfortune, bad luck, tough luck, ill luck
• Hyponyms:
ill-being, catastrophe, disaster, extremity, distress,
affliction, victimization, nadir, low-water mark