learn to walk before one can run

英語（米国） (en-US) 英語（イギリス） (en-GB)

動詞

慣用表現

(idiomatic) Before one can perform a complicated task, one has to learn how to perform more simple tasks. / Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see learn, walk, before, run.

日本語の意味

複雑なことに挑戦する前に、まず基本的または簡単なことをしっかり習得するべきである / 難しいタスクをこなす前に、まずはその基礎となる簡単なスキルや行動を学ぶことが重要である

英語の意味

(idiomatic) Before one can perform a complicated task, one has to learn how to perform more simple tasks. / Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see learn, walk, before, run.

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My mentor always told me to learn to walk before one can run, so I spent months mastering the fundamentals.

師匠はいつも、複雑な作業に取りかかる前にまず基本を身につけるべきだと言っていたので、私は数か月間基礎を徹底的に練習した。

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意味（1）

(idiomatic) Before one can perform a complicated task, one has to learn how to perform more simple tasks.

Optimal performances can also be used as platforms for achieving greater things in performance later. You might think of optimal performance as learning to walk before you can run or learning the arias before the whole role or running many ten-kilometer races before you try to run a marathon.

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意味（2）

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see learn, walk, before, run.

learns to walk before one can run （ present singular third-person ）

learning to walk before one can run （ participle present ）

learned to walk before one could run （ participle past ）

learned to walk before one could run （ past ）

learnt to walk before one could run （ participle past ）

learnt to walk before one could run （ past ）