teachable moment

English

Noun

teachable moment (plural teachable moments)

  1. (education) The time at which learning a topic becomes easiest.
  2. (figurative, transferred sense) A difficult situation from which one can draw conclusions about unsuccessful techniques, approaches, etc. taken, and handle similar situations differently in the future.
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