- Ф-33
- ПОЧЁМ ФУНТ ЛИХА узнать, знать, понять и т. п. coll
subord clause
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fixed WO
(to know, learn) what severe hardship is (by personally experiencing an ordeal, hard time etc): what real trouble (misfortune, suffering, misery etc) iswhat hard times are (really like (all about)).«Жена воспитывалась в детском доме. Сирота... Она с детства узнала, почём фунт лиха стоит...» (Шолохов 1). "My wife had been brought up in a children's home. She was an orphan. .. .She had known what real trouble was since she was a kid" (lc).
Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь. — М.: ACT-ПРЕСС КНИГА. С.И. Лубенская. 2004.