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the hard way
idiom
a way of doing something that makes it more difficult than it needs to be: 以不必要的费力的方式
She always does things the hard way.她做起事来总是费力不讨好。
C2
If you learn something the hard way, you learn from unpleasant experiences rather than by being taught: 从吃苦头中（汲取教训）
learn/find out the hard wayIf she won't listen, she'll have to learn/find out the hard way.如果她不听，那只好吃些苦头吸取教训了。
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