be an education (for someone)

be an education (for someone)
be an education ( to/for/someone) phrase
used for saying that an experience makes someone change or develop their ideas

Seeing India at first-hand was a real education to me.

Thesaurus: describing or relating to teaching or learninghyponym
Main entry: education

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