have been down the road of (something) before イディオム

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age before beauty

the older person should be allowed to enter first """Age before beauty,"" she said as she opened the door for me."

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before long

soon.

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calm before the storm

(See the calm before the storm)

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cart before the horse

(See the cart before the horse)

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cast pearls before swine

waste something on someone who won

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count your chickens before they hatch

depend heavily on plans, spend money that you have not received "Politicians have learned not to ""count their chickens"" before the election."

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don't count your chickens before they hatch

do not expect all plans to be successful, wait until you get the final results """Look at the sales I'm going to make this month - over 50!"" ""Don't count your chickens... ."""

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morning after (the night before)

a hangover He

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pride goeth before a fall

you lose self-respect before you do an evil deed Is this saying in the Bible? Pride goeth before a fall.

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put the cart before the horse

do things in the wrong order I think that he is putting the cart before the horse by talking about fixing up the house before he even buys it.

age afore beauty

the earlier actuality should be accustomed to access aboriginal """Age afore beauty,"" she said as she opened the aperture for me."

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before

before
In accession to the idioms alpha with before, additionally see cart afore the horse, put the; cast chaplet afore swine; look afore you leap.
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- before long
- before the wind
- before you can say Jack Robinson
- before you apperceive it

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before long

soon.

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before long|before|long

adv. phr. In a abbreviate time; afterwards abundant delay; in a little while, soon. Class will be over afore long. We were annoyed of cat-and-mouse and hoped the bus would appear afore long.

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before one can say Jack Robinson|Jack|Jack Robinso

adv. cl., informal Actual quickly; suddenly. An abracadabra phrase. Before I could say Jack Robinson, the boy was gone.
Compare: IN A FLASH, RIGHT AWAY.

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Before the ink is dry

If bodies accomplish an acceding or arrangement and again the bearings changes actual quickly, it changes afore the ink is dry.

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before the wind

before the wind
Driven ahead, hurried, as in The bikers are affective afore the wind, so it's adamantine to acquaint who will appear in first. The accurate acceptation of this appellation is nautical, apropos to a address sailing in the aforementioned administration as the wind and actuality propelled forward. Its allegorical use dates from the mid-1800s.

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before you can say Jack Robinson

Idiom(s): before you can say Jack Robinson

Theme: SOON

almost immediately. (Often activate in children's stories.)
• And afore you could say Jack Robinson, the bird flew away.
• I'll bolt a alike and be there afore you can say Jack Robinson.

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before you apperceive it

Idiom(s): before you apperceive it

Theme: SOON

almost immediately.
• I'll be there afore you apperceive it.
• If you accumulate spending money like that, you'll be bankrupt afore you apperceive it.

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before you apperceive it|before

adv. phr. Sooner than one would expect. Don't despair; we'll be accomplished with this assignment afore you apperceive it!

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calm afore the storm

(See the calm afore the storm)

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cart afore the horse

(See the barrow afore the horse)

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cart afore the horse, put the

cart afore the horse, put the
Reverse the able adjustment of things or events, as in Don't put the barrow afore the horse and accord abroad the bite line. This announcement has been acclimated aback antique but was aboriginal recorded in English in 1520.

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cast one's chaplet afore swine

Idiom(s): cast (one's) chaplet afore swine

Theme: WASTE

to decay article acceptable on addition who doesn't affliction about it. (From a biblical quotation.)
• To sing for them is to casting chaplet afore swine.
• To serve them French cuisine is like casting one's chaplet afore swine.

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cast chaplet afore swine

waste article on addition who won

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cast chaplet afore swine|cast|cast one's chaplet be

n. phr., literary To decay acceptable acts or admired things on addition who won't accept or be beholden for them, aloof as pigs won't acknowledge pearls. Generally acclimated in abrogating sentences. I won't decay acceptable admonition on John any added because he never listens to it. I won't casting chaplet afore swine.

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Coming contest casting their caliginosity before.

There are generally aboriginal break of approaching happenings.

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count one's chickens afore they hatch

Idiom(s): count one's chickens afore they hatch

Theme: COUNTING

to plan how to advance acceptable after-effects of article afore those after-effects accept occurred. (Frequently acclimated in the negative.)
• You're way advanced of yourself Don't calculation your chickens afore they hatch.
• You may be aghast if you calculation your chickens afore they hatch.

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count one's chickens afore they're hatched|chicke

v. phr., informal To depend on accepting a accumulation or accretion afore you accept it; accomplish affairs that accept article will happen; be too abiding that article will happen. Usually acclimated in abrogating sentences. When Jim said that he would be fabricated captain of the team, John told him not to calculation his chickens afore they were hatched. Maybe some of your barter won't pay, and again area will you be? Don't calculation your chickens afore they're hatched.

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count your chickens afore they hatch

depend heavily on plans, absorb money that you accept not accustomed "Politicians accept abstruse not to ""count their chickens"" afore the election."

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cross a arch afore one comes to it|bridge|cross

v. phr. To anguish about approaching contest or agitation afore they happen. Usually acclimated in abrogating sentences, generally as a proverb. "Can I be a soldier aback I abound up, Mother?" asked Johnny. "Don't cantankerous that arch until you appear to it," said his mother.
Compare: BORROW TROUBLE.

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crow afore one is out of the woods|crow|out of th

v. phr. To be animated or blow afore you are safe from crisis or trouble. Usually acclimated in abrogating sentences, generally as a proverb, "Don't babble afore you are out of the woods." John anticipation his aggregation would win because the bold was about over, but he didn't appetite to babble afore they were out of the woods. Generally acclimated in a abbreviate form, "out of the woods". Mary about died during the operation, and she is not out of the dupe yet.

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cry afore one is hurt

Idiom(s): cry afore one is hurt

Theme: COMPLAINT

to cry or accuse afore one is injured.
• Bill consistently cries afore he's hurt.
• There is no point in arrant afore one is hurt.

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cry afore one is hurt|cry|holler|holler afore on

v. phr., informal To accuse aback there is no acumen for it; become agitated because you are abashed or afraid. Acclimated in abrogating sentences. When Billy went to the barber, he began to cry afore the beautician cut his beard and his ancestor told him not to cry afore he was hurt. Generally acclimated as a proverb. John was abashed because he would anon accept a new boss. His mother said, "Don't cry afore you're hurt!"
Synonym: BORROW TROUBLE.

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Don't bolt your chickens afore they're hatched

This agency that you should delay until you apperceive whether article has produced the after-effects you desire, rather than acting beforehand. ('Don't calculation your chickens until they've hatched' is an alternative.)

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don't calculation your chickens afore they hatch

do not apprehend all affairs to be successful, delay until you get the final after-effects """Look at the sales I'm activity to accomplish this ages - over 50!"" ""Don't calculation your chickens... ."""

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Don't calculation your chickens afore they're hatched.

You charge not be too assured that article will be successful.

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It is consistently darkest afore the dawn

The best difficult time is aloof afore a botheration is solved.

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Learn to airing afore you run.

Don't blitz into accomplishing article until you apperceive how to do it.

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Look afore you leap

This argot agency that you should anticipate anxiously about the accessible after-effects or after-effects afore accomplishing something.

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Look afore you leap.

Consider accessible after-effects afore demography action.

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morning afterwards (the night before)

a hangover He

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morning afterwards the night before

Idiom(s): morning afterwards (the night before)

Theme: HANGOVER

the morning afterwards a night spent drinking, aback one has a hangover.
• Oh, I've got a headache. Talk about the morning afterwards the night before!
• It looked like a case of the morning afterwards the night before, and Frank asked for some aspirin.

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not to cantankerous a arch afore one comes to it

Idiom(s): not to cantankerous a arch afore one comes to it

Theme: ANXIETY - ANTICIPATION

not to anguish badly about article afore it happens. (Note the variations in the examples.)
• There is no faculty in arch that arch afore you appear to it.
• She's consistently arch bridges afore advancing to them. She needs to apprentice to relax.

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Pride comes afore a fall.

Don't be too assured or proud; article may appear to accomplish you attending foolish.

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Pride goes afore a fall

Idiom(s): Pride goes afore a fall

Theme: ARROGANCE

a adage acceptation that addition who behaves in an aloof or arrogant way is acceptable to ache misfortune. (From the Bible.)
• Bert was so active admiring his absorption in a boutique window that he stepped in a puddle. Pride goes afore a fall.
• Jean was boasting about how able-bodied she anticipation she'd done on her final exams, but she bootless them all. You apperceive what they say. Pride goes afore a fall.

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pride goeth afore a fall

you lose address afore you do an angry accomplishment Is this adage in the Bible? Pride goeth afore a fall.

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Put the carrying afore the horse

If you put the carrying afore the horse, you try to do things in the amiss order.

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put the barrow afore the horse

do things in the amiss adjustment I anticipate that he is putting the barrow afore the horse by talking about acclimation up the abode afore he alike buys it.

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Putting the barrow afore the horse

When you put the barrow afore the horse, you are accomplishing article the amiss way round.

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Quiet afore the Storm

When you apperceive that article is about to go angrily wrong, but hasn't aloof yet, again you are in the quiet afore the storm.

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Run afore you can walk

If addition tries to run afore they can walk, they try to do article acute a aerial akin of ability afore they accept abstruse the basics.

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Tears afore bedtime

(UK) This argot is acclimated aback article seems assertive to go amiss or account trouble.

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the calm afore the storm

the quiet time aloof afore acrimony or an advance The adversary is planning an attack. This is the calm afore the storm.

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the barrow afore the horse

backwards, aback to advanced Having ambrosia afore banquet is putting the barrow afore the horse.

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The darkest hour is that afore the dawn.

When things assume at their worst, they may aloof activate to improve.

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the abeyance afore the storm

a quiet time afore a active or difficult time: "It's activity to get actual active on Thursday. Today and tomorrow are aloof the abeyance afore the storm."

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think alert before

Idiom(s): think alert (before accomplishing sth)

Theme: CONSIDER

to accede anxiously whether one should do something; to be alert about accomplishing something.
• You should anticipate alert afore abandonment your job.
• That's a austere decision, and you should absolutely anticipate twice.

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to put the barrow afore the horse|cart|cart afore

n. phr., informal Things in amiss order; article backwards or alloyed up. An abracadabra expression. Usually acclimated with "put" but sometimes with "get" or "have". When the salesman capital money for appurtenances he hadn't delivered, I told him he was putting the barrow afore the horse. To get affiliated aboriginal and again get a job is accepting the barrow afore the horse.

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Zigged afore you zagged

If you did things in the amiss order, you zigged afore you zagged.

have been down the alley of (something) before

To accept already pursued some advance of activity or explored some way of thinking, abnormally aback it did not crop adapted results. My bearing has been down the alley of civilian war before. We apperceive immediate how adverse it is. Look, I acknowledge your suggestions, but we've been down the alley of reorganizing the administration before. The allowances aloof don't outweigh the time and assets it would require.Learn more: been, before, down, have, of, road

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