ahead of one's time

ahead of (one's)/its time

More advanced or innovative than is or was typical in a particular era. That 19th-century scientist was definitely ahead of his time with his detailed plan of space travel. I can't believe that movie is from the 1950s—it's so progressive and way ahead of its time.

ahead of one's time

In advance of current ideas, customs, or methods, as in His treatment of light showed this painter to be well ahead of his time, or Wearing trousers and smoking cigars marked Amy Lowell as a woman ahead of her time. This idiom uses time in the sense of "era" or "generation," a usage at least a thousand years old. The phrase is usually but not always used to express approval. [First half of 1900s]

词组	ahead of one's time
释义	ahead of one's time ahead of (one's)/its time More advanced or innovative than is or was typical in a particular era. That 19th-century scientist was definitely ahead of his time with his detailed plan of space travel. I can't believe that movie is from the 1950s—it's so progressive and way ahead of its time. See also: ahead, of, time Farlex Dictionary of Idioms. ahead of one's time In advance of current ideas, customs, or methods, as in His treatment of light showed this painter to be well ahead of his time, or Wearing trousers and smoking cigars marked Amy Lowell as a woman ahead of her time. This idiom uses time in the sense of "era" or "generation," a usage at least a thousand years old. The phrase is usually but not always used to express approval. [First half of 1900s] See also: ahead, of, time The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer. See also: ahead of time ahead of your time ahead of (one's)/its time ahead of (someone's or something's) time ahead of your/its time be ahead of (someone's or something's) time be ahead of/before/in advance of your time lead the way above the curve curve References in periodicals archive Educators might reflect on the special set of skills that students might learn for transforming vague opportunity into concrete discovery Ultimately, it is not possible to be "ahead of one's time." Keeling's recognition is well earned, but not for early insight into an improbable future. Ahead of the curve Its prescriptions would today be regarded as common-sense, but there is little comfort in being thirty years ahead of one's time, and Frankel was in the 1960's an almost lone voice raised against the panaceas of planning and parastatals. An Economist's Testimony: The Autobiography of S. Herbert Frankel
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