Alternative wording for "Falling into pitfalls"
Solution 1:
e.g.
- Most beginners succumb to the common pitfalls of Javascript having untyped variables.
- We are often seduced by common pitfalls of a first date, and reveal too much information about ourselves.
- Are you fulfilling the common pitfalls of DIY investmenting by putting all your eggs into the same basket?
- We are often caught unaware by the common pitfalls of buying a first home.
- People need to stop being caught up by the common pitfalls of having a million dollar bar-mitsvah party for your only kid.
- As expected, she was trapped in the common pitfalls of excessive modularization.
- Most people lure themselves into the common pitfalls of the theory of Evolution, like asking their dog to be turned into a unicorn.
- She had quickly waltzed herself into the common pitfalls of falling in love.
- In a survivalists' world of Hollywood, we clamber and shove each other into the common pitfalls of stardom.
You get the idea.
Solution 2:
I think if you're formal enough to use "fully knowledgeable of the subject", you're safe to use encountering, which has the connotation of meeting with adversity (such as a pitfall).
More casual phrasing might include meeting, experiencing, facing, running into, coming across, coming upon, chance upon, and happening upon.
Solution 3:
The query sentence sounds pretty strained and unidiomatic. If I had the choice, I'd completely reword it:
Do you know everything about the subject, or are you falling into the usual traps?
(Incidentally, not being knowledgeable about a subject doesn't necessarily imply 'falling into pitfalls'.)
Solution 4:
- falling into traps
- making rookie mistakes
- making mountains out of molehills