Definition of hard-knock life

hard-knock life    

noun

• a life during which many bad things happen.

                                                             
  
                             
  
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
  
  Citation from "School Lies", American Dad (TV), Season 6 Episode 14 (2011) censored in hope of resolving Google's penalty against this site.

  Last edited on Jul 26 2011. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Jul 26 2011.

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Other terms relating to 'hard':
Are you comin' or just breathin' hard?	Definitions include: Can be said when impatiently waiting for someone to follow you. Double meaning of coming and orgasm.
between a rock and a hard place	Definitions include: in an impossible situation.
go hard	Definitions include: very good.
go hard in the paint	Definitions include: To say "I go Hard in the paint" for example means I'm not to be played with, I'm serious with mine.
hard	Definitions include: "cool", "neat", "awesome".
hard alcohol	Definitions include: liquor.
hard-*ss	Definitions include: a stubborn person.
hard-boiled	Definitions include: non-romanticized.
hard core	Definitions include: To be an aficionado, usually but not exclusively, at partying.
hard graft	Definitions include: Hard work
hard-nosed	Definitions include: tough.
hard-on	Definitions include: an erect penis.
hard on the eyes	Definitions include: unattractive.
hard pill to swallow	Definitions include: a difficult thing to accept.
hard stuff	Definitions include: hard drugs.
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Other terms relating to 'knock':
knock	Definitions include: to impregnate.
knock about	Definitions include: variant of "knock around".
knock around	Definitions include: to mistreat.
knock back	Definitions include: to drink.
knock boots	Definitions include: to have sexual intercourse.
knock dead	Definitions include: to impress.
knock down	Definitions include: A formal introduction-
knocked off	Definitions include: stolen.
knocked out	Definitions include: In a deep sleep.
knocked up	Definitions include: Also the past tense of "knock up".
knockin	Definitions include: adverb - really, very, conveying a sense of the extreme.
knock it off	Definitions include: stop.
knock it out	Definitions include: to have sexual intercourse.
knock off	Definitions include: a forgery.
knock (one's) block off	Definitions include: to beat.
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Other terms relating to 'life':
be life	Definitions include: to be good, enjoyable, important to a person, etc.
BFFL	Definitions include: acronym for "best friend(s) for life".
FML	Definitions include: acronym for "fuck my life."
for the life of (one)	Definitions include: as if one's life depended on it.
FYL	Definitions include: acronym for "fuck your life".
get a life	Definitions include: a generic insult.
IRL	Definitions include: acronym for "in real life".
life	Definitions include: See also be life.
Life is a one way mission.	Definitions include: This describes a fatalist, philosophical view of life, based upon the military slang term for a mission which is terminal.
lifer	Definitions include: a person with a life sentence in prison.
live life by the drop	Definitions include: To live with the present being the most important; to live a dream or to understand the unchanging world, so to speak.
low-life	Definitions include: a criminal or evil person.
MLIG	Definitions include: acronym for "my life is great".
not on (one's) life.	Definitions include: an assertion that something will never happen.
NSFL	Definitions include: acronym for "not safe for life".
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