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  2. It's the Hard Knock Life - Wikipedia

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    Martin Charnin. " It's the Hard Knock Life " is a song from the musical Annie [1] with music by Charles Strouse and lyrics by Martin Charnin. [2][3][4] The song is sung by the eponymous protagonist, together with her fellow orphan girls, and is about how the girls are treated by Miss Hannigan. In the 2014 film adaptation, the lyrics in the line ...

  3. School of Hard Knocks - Wikipedia

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    School of Hard Knocks. The School of Hard Knocks (also referred to as the University of Life or University of Hard Knocks) is an idiomatic phrase meaning the (sometimes painful) education one gets from life's usually negative experiences, often contrasted with formal education. The term originated in the United States; its earliest documented ...

  4. List of proverbial phrases - Wikipedia

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    Cold hands, warm heart [a] Comparisons are odious [a] Count your blessings [a] Courage is the measure of a Man, Beauty is the measure of a Woman [a] Cowards may die many times before their death [a] Crime does not pay [a] Cream rises. Criss-cross, applesauce [a] Cross the stream where it is shallowest.

  5. Hard Knock Life - Wikipedia

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    Hard Knock Life. Hard Knock Life may refer to: "It's the Hard Knock Life", a song from the musical Annie. Vol. 2... Hard Knock Life, a 1998 album by Jay-Z. "Hard Knock Life (Ghetto Anthem)", a song from the album, which samples the showtune from Annie. Category: Disambiguation pages.

  6. Annie (1982 film) - Wikipedia

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    Contents. Annie (1982 film) Annie is a 1982 American musical comedy-drama film based on the 1977 Broadway musical of the same name by Charles Strouse, Martin Charnin and Thomas Meehan, which in turn is based on the Little Orphan Annie comic strip created by Harold Gray. Directed by John Huston and written by Carol Sobieski, the cast includes ...

  7. List of sports idioms - Wikipedia

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    knock for six. Cricket To surprise or shock (someone). In cricket, a "six" results from a ball that is hit in the air and beyond the boundary of the field. It is the most valuable outcome for a batsman, being worth (as its name suggests) six runs from one delivery.

  8. Kristallnacht - Wikipedia

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    Kristallnacht (German pronunciation: [kʁɪsˈtalnaχt] ⓘ lit. ' crystal night ') or the Night of Broken Glass, also called the November pogrom(s) (‹See Tfd› German: Novemberpogrome, pronounced [noˈvɛm.bɐ.poˌɡʁoːmə] ⓘ), [1] [2] [3] was a pogrom against Jews carried out by the Nazi Party's Sturmabteilung (SA) and Schutzstaffel (SS) paramilitary forces along with some ...

  9. Glossary of basketball terms - Wikipedia

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    References 0–9 2-for-1 A strategy used within the last minute of a period or quarter, in which the team with possession times its shot to ensure that it will regain possession with enough time to shoot again before time runs out. Applicable in competitions that use a shot clock (all except NFHS in most US states). 3-and-D Any player, typically not a star, who specializes mainly in three ...