live and learn

Cliché to increase one's knowledge by experience. (Usually said when one is surprised to learn something.) I didn't know that snakes could swim. Well, live and learn! John didn't know he should water his house-plants a little extra in the dry winter months. When they all died, he said, "Live and learn."

live and learn

Profit from experience, as in I ignored the garden book, planted my beans in March, and they all rotted-live and learn . [Second half of 1500s]

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Tzipora	-	Hebrew
Veda	-	Indian, Telugu, Kannada
Carey	KER-ee	Irish, English
Lehi	-	Biblical, Mormon
Fatima	-	Arabic
Alimjan	-	Uyghur