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Topic: LEARNING

Complete these colloquial expressions.

1

You can't always tell someone what's best. They often have to learn the ........ way through their own mistakes.

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2

Are you trying to teach your grandmother how to ........ eggs? I've been cooking this meal for longer than I can remember!

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3

I couldn't get a grant and had to work my ........ through college.

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c)
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Now complete the gaps with the missing words.

4

A) You can rarely take a builder for his word, something we were to learn the hard when we had some work done recently.

B) This is probably a little like teaching your grandmother to suck , but have you tried turning the computer off first?

C) It was a difficult time for her as she was a single-parent studying law and having to work her way university.

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Make them your own!

1) Is there something you've had to learn the hard way?
2) Do you know someone who tends to deal with others like they're teaching their grandmother to suck eggs?
3) Do most people work their way through college or university in your country?