Learn to walk before you run In english explanation

The meaning, explanation, definition and origin of the idiom/phrase "learn to walk before you run", English Idiom Dictionary ( also found in Vietnamese )

author Caroline Tran calendar 2021-03-09 03:03

Meaning of Learn to walk before you run

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.

Other phrases about:

rush (one's) fences

To rush into doing something

zoom away/off

If one zooms away/if, they're in a hurry.

be (as) easy as one-two-three

To be extremely simple, basic, or intuitive without much skill or effort.

drag ass out of (somewhere)

 To leave or move quickly away from some place

 

cut out for (someone or something)

To be suitable for something.

Grammar and Usage of Learn to walk before you run

We can replace you with other subjects: I, he, she, they, it. The verb "learn" should be conjugated according to its tense.

Origin of Learn to walk before you run

The phrase may have derived from the 15th century.

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The relationship between fashion and film is that one hand washes the other and both wash the face.

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