Run before you can walk

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Pro Tip 1/3

It's not about actual running or walking but taking on tasks too difficult for your level.

Trying to solve advanced problems, he's running before he can walk.

Pro Tip 2/3

Used when someone new at something tries too much too soon.

She's composing an opera after one music lesson—definitely running before she can walk.

Pro Tip 3/3

It implies advice to be patient and learn basic skills first.

I told him not to run before he can walk and start with the basics of coding first.

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