live and learn

English

Verb

live and learn (third-person singular simple present lives and learns, present participle living and learning, simple past and past participle lived and learned or lived and learnt)

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

Translations

exhortation to gain knowledge from lived experiences

• Catalan: ningú no neix ensenyat
• Chinese:

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

• Finnish: oppia ikä kaikki
• German: man lernt nie aus (de)
• Hungarian: mindig tanul az ember (hu), holtig tanul az ember, jó pap holtig tanul
• Irish: tagann ciall le haois
• Italian: vivendo s'impara
• Polish: człowiek uczy się przez całe życie
• Portuguese: vivendo e aprendendo
• 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

See also

• learn the hard way
• you're never too old to learn