[speakeasy] {n.} A bar during Prohibition where illegal alcoholic beverages were sold. * /Al Capone's associates met in a Chicago speakeasy to drink and discuss business./ A Dictionary of American Idioms

through the mill

[through the mill] {adv. phr.} 1. Experienced. * /You could tell immediately that the new employee had been through the mill./ 2. Through real experience of the difficulties of a […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

run-of-the-mill

[run-of-the-mill] or [run-of-the-mine] {adj.} Of a common kind; ordinary; usual. * /Frank is a very good bowler, but Joe is just run-of-the-mill./ * /It was just a run-of-the-mine movie./ A Dictionary of American Idioms

mill around

[mill around] {v. phr.} To move impatiently in no particular direction. * /The crowd milled around, waiting for the arrival of the president./ A Dictionary of American Idioms

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hard way

[hard way] {n.} The harder or more punishing of two or more ways to solve a problem, do something, or learn something. - Used […]

worth a cent

[worth a cent] {adj. phr.} Worth anything; of any value. - Used in negative, interrogative, and conditional sentences. * […]

Carolyn Kenmore, Mannequin: My Life as a Model

If you can learn from hard knocks, you can also learn from soft touches.

newb

[newb] Short for "newbie"; meaning someone who is new, usually at a game.

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