learned ropes (verb) learn the ropes: learn something new
Sinonime: alarming, chancy, deceptive,
difficult, dissembled,
faulty,
hairy*,
hazardous,
icy*,
insecure, jeopardous,
menacing, misleading,
ominous,
perilous,
precarious,
risky,
shaky, slippery, ticklish, tricky, undependable,
unhealthy, unreliable, unsafe, unsound,
unstable,
wickedAntonime: harmless, untreacherous