hard-knocks

Croatian translation: težak život/djetinjstvo

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English term or phrase:hard-knocks
Croatian translation:težak život/djetinjstvo
Entered by: Andreja Ciković

14:50 Dec 14, 2008
English to Croatian translations [PRO]
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English term or phrase: hard-knocks
Jim Carrey arrived in Hollywood with a hard-knocks family background.
Andreja Ciković
Croatia
težak život/djetinjstvo
Explanation:
teškoće u životu ( materijalne, emotivne, problematična obitelj itd)

po meni, u vaš kontekst ide " problematična obitelj" " dolazi iz problematične obitelji " i slično.

najprikladnije na našem jeziku : težak život

Primjer:

The practical experiences of life, including hardships and disappointments: “He hadn't grown up in the school of hard knocks. Politically he had lived an easy life”
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težak život/djetinjstvo


Explanation:
teškoće u životu ( materijalne, emotivne, problematična obitelj itd)

po meni, u vaš kontekst ide " problematična obitelj" " dolazi iz problematične obitelji " i slično.

najprikladnije na našem jeziku : težak život

Primjer:

The practical experiences of life, including hardships and disappointments: “He hadn't grown up in the school of hard knocks. Politically he had lived an easy life”


Example sentence(s):
  • the school of hard knocks learning through difficult experiences. An early training in the school of hard knocks was good preparation for a career in politics.

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