a little learning is a dangerous thing

proverb Having a precursory or limited amount of learning about something can make one overestimate how well they will be able to do something much larger in scope or scale. Just because she painted her room by herself, now she thinks she can do the entire house—inside and out! A little learning is a dangerous thing, I tell you.

See also: dangerous, learning, little, thing

Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

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Knowing a little may make one mistakenly assume that one knows everything. This expression is a direct quotation from Alexander Pope’s Essay on Criticism (1709), which echoed a sentiment stated in the sixteenth century by the French essayist Montaigne.

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释义	a little learning is a dangerous thing a little learning is a dangerous thing proverb Having a precursory or limited amount of learning about something can make one overestimate how well they will be able to do something much larger in scope or scale. Just because she painted her room by herself, now she thinks she can do the entire house—inside and out! A little learning is a dangerous thing, I tell you. See also: dangerous, learning, little, thing Farlex Dictionary of Idioms. little learning is a dangerous thing, a Knowing a little may make one mistakenly assume that one knows everything. This expression is a direct quotation from Alexander Pope’s Essay on Criticism (1709), which echoed a sentiment stated in the sixteenth century by the French essayist Montaigne. See also: dangerous, learning, little The Dictionary of Clichés by Christine Ammer See also: a little knowledge is a dangerous thing a bird in hand a bird in the hand a straw will show which way the wind blows a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush a slew of (something) (one) could use (something) a slue of (something) (I) wouldn't (do something) if I were you all righty
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