Sorry, I can’t do the second but here’s the first!!!
It's a fragment, of a sentance.
Answer:
it means that that before u do anything it looks difficult and you dont wanna do it but later after you do that it isn't that hard.eg.Before u study about the grammar topic ,u think it would be hard and impossible to learn but later when u get the idea u will really know how it is.
Tina thought that her cat was cuddlier then her sisters dog.