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Caroline Tran
2021-03-09 03:03
Learn to walk before you run phrase informal
Don't rush into doing something advanced before you know the basic skills, techniques and primary details
I always tell my son to learn to walk before he runs.
Don't be impatient! You have to learn to walk before you run.
To rush into doing something
If one zooms away/if, they're in a hurry.
To be extremely simple, basic, or intuitive without much skill or effort.
To leave or move quickly away from some place
To be suitable for something.
We can replace you with other subjects: I, he, she, they, it. The verb "learn" should be conjugated according to its tense.
The phrase may have derived from the 15th century.
Do you see anything wrong?
If you fall for someone's trick the first time then they are at fault.
Are you going to mess with me again? Fool me once, shame on you; fool me twice, shame on me.
