walk/ go forward
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I asked for an explanation using different words, not a re-arrangement of the same words.
I'm still not sure what you mean. Perhaps someone else will be able to answer.
It sounds to me as if you're trying to translate a proverb/idiom into English. If that's the case, please explain what that idiom is and the situation in which it's used.
I'm still not sure what you mean. Perhaps someone else will be able to answer.
It sounds to me as if you're trying to translate a proverb/idiom into English. If that's the case, please explain what that idiom is and the situation in which it's used.
It is better like this, your double negative in your first post was very confusing.
edit to add: I mean better in the sense of aiding our understanding, but it is still not a grammatical sentence!
And it seems we are still not really sure what you aim to say.
Are you translating a proverb?
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You're not explaining, Aida. You're attempting (unsuccessfully) to translate. Please try to tell us what your proverb means, not what it says.
At the moment it's not making any sense, and here's why (or this is how I understand what you're saying):
If you can (already) reach your goals with (i.e. by using) your feet, how is this possible other than if they already know how to walk? Therefore the idea of teaching them to walk is daft. You would be teaching them something they already know.
Or is that what the proverb is trying to say? It would then be similar to the English saying: Don't try to teach your grandmother how to suck eggs.
At the moment it's not making any sense, and here's why (or this is how I understand what you're saying):
If you can (already) reach your goals with (i.e. by using) your feet, how is this possible other than if they already know how to walk? Therefore the idea of teaching them to walk is daft. You would be teaching them something they already know.
Or is that what the proverb is trying to say? It would then be similar to the English saying: Don't try to teach your grandmother how to suck eggs.
I think (confirmation needed from the OP of course) that it means that if something can do much more than what it's intended to do, why not use it for its basic purpose as well?
If your four-year-old child can understand complex arithmetic concepts, isn't it time he learnt the alphabet?
If your four-year-old child can understand complex arithmetic concepts, isn't it time he learnt the alphabet?
I have a hunch that it means:
If your goals are easily attainable (without any special effort), why not set yourself more distant goals, and do your best to reach them.
If your goals are easily attainable (without any special effort), why not set yourself more distant goals, and do your best to reach them.
I think I know what she is trying to say:
Why not train my legs to run, when I can reach my goals with them
Why not train my legs to run, when I can reach my goals with them