experience is the best teacher
experience is the best teacher
proverb Most wisdom is gained by experiencing different things (compared to acquiring knowledge through schooling or other means). A few years ago, I couldn't even get behind the wheel without having panic attacks, but, with practice, I'm much calmer and can drive with no problems. Experience is the best teacher after all.
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Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
Experience is the best teacher.
Prov. You will learn more from things that happen to you in real life than you will from hearing about or studying things that happen to other people. I don't care how many books you read about how to run a business; experience is the best teacher. The nurse believed that experience was the best teacher when it came to developing a bedside manner, so she made sure that all her students spent a lot of time with patients.
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McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
- teach a man to fish
- it takes a village
- village
- a burnt child dreads the fire
- burnt
- a man is judged by his deeds, not by his words
- actions speak louder than words
- change horses in midstream, don't
- the best-laid plans
- the best-laid plans of mice and men