Usually means: Experience mistakes, gain wisdom subsequently.
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  1. live and learn: Merriam-Webster
  2. live and learn: Wiktionary
  3. Live and learn: Dictionary.com
  4. Live And Learn, Live and Learn (Elkie Brooks album), Live and Learn (Falling Skies), Live and Learn (Joe Public song), Live and Learn (The Cardigans song), Live and Learn (song), Live and Learn: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia

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  1. live and learn: Idioms

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Definitions from Wiktionary (live and learn)

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

Similar:
learn, improve the occasion, witness, live, live to tell the tale, live to regret, lesson, pass, find oneself, live through, more...

Phrases:
you live and learn, we live and learn, more...

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Similar:
learn, improve the occasion, witness, live, live to tell the tale, live to regret, lesson, pass, find oneself, live through, more...

Phrases:
you live and learn, we live and learn, more...



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