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English / proverb

Failure Is the Best Teacher

MEANING IN ENGLISH

Unsuccessful attempts and mistakes provide profound insights, shaping resilience and future competence.

In context

01

Missing the last ferry to the island forced us to arrange rustic homestays, teaching us that failure is the best teacher for adaptable travelers.

02

Our botched navigation on the first expedition humbled us, but failure is the best teacher for mastering wilderness survival.

Synonyms

learning from mistakes,growth through hardship,adversity builds wisdom

Antonyms

unearned victory,effortless achievement,repeating mistakes blindly

Collocations

prove failure is the best teacher,realize failure is the best teacher,discover failure is the best teacher

Sources

Bidyazo vocabulary library ↗