learn/teach the ropes

Aprender/ensinar o jeito/a maneira de fazer algo, o caminho das pedras;também pode ser traduzida como "aprender/ensinar as manhas"

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If you are learning the ropes, you are learning how to do something.
You'll learn the ropes of this job soon enough
Website Lets Amateurs Learn The Ropes Of Day-To-Day Trading
Mr. Madigan said he liked to hire older people, to teach the ropes to college and high school seniors.
A climber ( more experienced than you) is bound to take you under his wing and teach the " ropes ".