Meaning of THE HARD WAY - A Really Short English Lesson with Subtitles

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So in English when you learn something the hard way
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or when you find something out the hard way
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it means that you learn something in a way
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that sometimes isn't pleasant.
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You don't learn it from reading a book
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or having learn someone teaching you,
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you learn it the hard way.
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A really good example of this would be if you turn on
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a faucet at a sink and you're not sure if the faucet
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is for hot water or cold water
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and then you touch the stream of water
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that's coming out of the faucet and you burn your hand.
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We would say that you learned that the hard way,
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you learned which tap was the hot water tap the hard way
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because you were injured just a little bit
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or because you put your hand into hot water.
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So in life,
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it is always nice to learn things from other people
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and to not always learn things the hard way.
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That's not a nice way to learn things.
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Hey, sometimes people take the easy way out.
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So when you take the easy way out,
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it means you do something so that it's not a lot of work
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for yourself.
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A good example of this would be maybe you are going
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to a party and you're supposed to bring some food
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and the idea is that you make some food at home,
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but instead of making food at home,
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you take the easy way out and you just go to the store
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and you buy some cake.
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Sometimes when am really busy I often take the easy way out
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cause it's just easier.
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