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KatiMorton Posted 12 years ago
Vocabulary
How to describe an awful-tasting lesson?
I want to say a lesson that feels horrible but teaches a lot. Is there a word or expression to say that? And by lesson, I mean an experience that makes me grow and learn, not really a lesson lesson.
Which wording is better? I want to say: He taught me a lesson that felt really painful(breakup) but rich in content(I learned a lot from the breaking-up experience), and I never fell in love with guys like him after that.
#1) He taught me an awful-tasting but good-in-content lesson, and I never fell in love with guys like him after that.
#2) I learned an awful-tasting but good-in-content lesson from him, and I never fell in love with guys like him after that.
Which wording is better? I want to say: He taught me a lesson that felt really painful(breakup) but rich in content(I learned a lot from the breaking-up experience), and I never fell in love with guys like him after that.
#1) He taught me an awful-tasting but good-in-content lesson, and I never fell in love with guys like him after that.
#2) I learned an awful-tasting but good-in-content lesson from him, and I never fell in love with guys like him after that.
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In the context of a romantic breakup teaching you valuable lessons about the kind of man to avoid, you might say one of the following: The breakup was bittersweet; it hurt but taught me valuable lessons about the type of man to avoid. I had to take the good along with the bad in the breakup; it hurt but taught me valuable lessons about the type of man to avoid. There were roses along with thorns in the breakup; it hurt but taught me valuable lessons about the kind of man to avoid.
- In the context of a romantic breakup teaching you valuable lessons about the kind of man to avoid, you might say one of the following: The breakup was bittersweet; it hurt but taught me valuable lessons about the type of man to avoid.
- I had to take the good along with the bad in the breakup; it hurt but taught me valuable lessons about the type of man to avoid.
- There were roses along with thorns in the breakup; it hurt but taught me valuable lessons about the kind of man to avoid.
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In the context of a romantic breakup teaching you valuable lessons about the kind of man to avoid, you might say one of the following:
The breakup was bittersweet; it hurt but taught me valuable lessons about the type of man to avoid.
I had to take the good along with the bad in the breakup; it hurt but taught me valuable lessons about the type of man to avoid.
There wer
The breakup was bittersweet; it hurt but taught me valuable lessons about the type of man to avoid.
I had to take the good along with the bad in the breakup; it hurt but taught me valuable lessons about the type of man to avoid.
There wer
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