Idiom
learn to walk before one can run
Meaning
Before one can perform a complicated task, one has to learn how to perform more simple tasks.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“You must learn to walk before you can run.”
“Don't try to trade complex stocks yet; you need to learn to walk before you can run.”
“The novice programmer insisted on building a complex operating system, ignoring the advice that one must learn to walk before one can run.”
Examples
simple
“You must learn to walk before you can run.”
contextual
“Don't try to trade complex stocks yet; you need to learn to walk before you can run.”
complex
“The novice programmer insisted on building a complex operating system, ignoring the advice that one must learn to walk before one can run.”
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