Spanish: A fuerza de empellones o golpesEnglish translation: learnt at the school of hard knocks/by trial and error/by hook or by crook 
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| GLOSSARY ENTRY (DERIVED FROM QUESTION BELOW) | | Spanish term or phrase: | A fuerza de empellones o golpes | | English translation: | learnt at the school of hard knocks/by trial and error/by hook or by crook | | Entered by: | aceavila - Noni |
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Spanish to English translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - Poetry & Literature / Proverb | | Spanish term or phrase: A fuerza de empellones o golpes | | ¿Cuál es el equivalente en Inglés de la frase citada? Se utiliza para referirse a una situación que ha tenido que resolverse sin saber nada al respecto, a prueba y error, a fuerza de golpes. |
| | | learnt at the school of hard knocks | Explanation:
May or may not be appropriate in your context. Where you make even more mistakes than not.
Carol's trial and error is closer and more generally applicable. |
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 aceavila - Noni
Spain
| Note from asker to answerer| 4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer |
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9 mins confidence:   peer agreement (net): +6 |
| By trial and error
Explanation:
I think this is what you're looking for, but there's also:
By fair means or foul
By hook or by crook
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Note added at 10 mins (2007-11-28 17:54:13 GMT)
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| Carol Gullidge
United Kingdom
Specializes in field
Native speaker of:  English
PRO pts in category: 161
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