before time

before (one's) time

Predating one's tenure or when one was born. A: "Have you ever seen this show?" B: "No, sorry, it's before my time." I don't know how that project was organized—it was before my time.

*before someone's time

happening before someone was born or old enough to know what was going on. (*Typically: be ~; happen ~; occur ~.) Of course I don't remember it. It was before my time. All that happened before your time.

词组	before time
释义	before time before (one's) time Predating one's tenure or when one was born. A: "Have you ever seen this show?" B: "No, sorry, it's before my time." I don't know how that project was organized—it was before my time. See also: before, time Farlex Dictionary of Idioms. before someone's time happening before someone was born or old enough to know what was going on. (Typically: be ~; happen ~; occur ~.) Of course I don't remember it. It was before my time. All that happened before your time. See also: before, time McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs. See also: before (one's) time be before (one's) time be before somebody's time be in (one's) good graces be in somebody's good graces be in someone's good graces go down as (something) at the end of (one's) fingertips at (one's) doorstep at doorstep
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