"あんよは上手、転ぶはお下手" meaning in 日本語

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Phrase

Forms: あんよは上手 [canonical], 転ぶはお下手
  1. 幼児が歩いた時や幼児の歩く練習をさせる時に、周りの人が囃す言葉。
    Sense id: ja-あんよは上手、転ぶはお下手-ja-phrase-E~vyvdb7
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Categories (other): 日本語, 日本語 成句
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          "ref": "――「荒御霊新田神徳」『江戸作者浄瑠璃集』水谷不倒生校訂、博文館、1898年8月、227頁。",
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          "text": "いふに主従声揃へ、てうちてうちあはゝ、つぶりてんてんよ、かいぐりかいぐりかいぐりよ、あんよは上手転ぶはお下手、"
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          "ref": "――北原白秋「児童自由詩鑑賞」『白秋全集』第18卷、アルス、1930年5月、111頁。",
          "text": "これではいつまでも小学児童を「あんよは上手ころぶはお下手」流に見て、また、それをやらして悦に入つてゐると、大差はありません。"
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        "幼児が歩いた時や幼児の歩く練習をさせる時に、周りの人が囃す言葉。"
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