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get ahead of oneself |
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get ahead of oneself Fig. [for someone] to do or say something sooner than it ought to be done so that the proper explanation or preparations have not been made. I have to stick to my notes or I will get ahead of myself in my lecture. When he bought a new little bicycle before the baby was born, he was getting ahead of himself. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Even to slow things down is really to live faster than one is living: since, to slow down, to apply the brakes on living, one must get ahead of oneself, take the measure of one's headlong plunge into futurity, in order to rein it in and hold it back. |
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