be ahead of (someone's or something's) time

To be more innovative than can be properly appreciated during the time that someone or something is producing such innovation. He was really ahead of his time with this music—critics in the 1970s just couldn't see it. That show was really ahead of its time tackling issues like that.

be ahead of/before/in advance of your ˈtime

have ideas or invent things before people are ready to accept them: He was sure that it was possible to fly to the moon, but he was ahead of his time and people laughed at him. She was a feminist before her time. OPPOSITE: be behind the times

See also: advance, ahead, before, of, time

Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary

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be ahead of/before/in advance of your time
be in advance of (someone's or something's) time
ahead of (someone's or something's) time
ahead of your/its time
lead the way
not be lost on (someone)
it's a (type of person) thing
it's a... thing
break the mold
break the mould

词组	be ahead of (someone's or something's) time
释义	be ahead of (someone's or something's) time be ahead of (someone's or something's) time To be more innovative than can be properly appreciated during the time that someone or something is producing such innovation. He was really ahead of his time with this music—critics in the 1970s just couldn't see it. That show was really ahead of its time tackling issues like that. See also: ahead, of, time Farlex Dictionary of Idioms. be ahead of/before/in advance of your ˈtime have ideas or invent things before people are ready to accept them: He was sure that it was possible to fly to the moon, but he was ahead of his time and people laughed at him. She was a feminist before her time. OPPOSITE: be behind the times See also: advance, ahead, before, of, time Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary See also: be ahead of/before/in advance of your time be in advance of (someone's or something's) time ahead of (someone's or something's) time ahead of your/its time lead the way not be lost on (someone) it's a (type of person) thing it's a... thing break the mold break the mould
随便看	at the back of beyond at the back of (one's) mind at the back of your mind at the best of times at the bottom of the food chain at the bottom of the heap at the bottom of the hour at the bottom of the ladder at the bottom/top of the pile/heap at the break of dawn at the buzzer at the chalkface at the coalface at the crack of dawn at the crossroads at the cutting edge at the cutting edge of something at the dot at the double at the drop of a hat at the eleventh hour at the end of nowhere at the end of (one's) fingertips at the end of (one's) rope at the end of (one's) tether