come before Idiom

age before beauty

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

before long

soon.

calm before the storm

(See the calm before the storm)

cart before the horse

(See the cart before the horse)

cast pearls before swine

waste something on someone who won

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."

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... ."""

morning after (the night before)

a hangover He

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.

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.

come afore (someone or something)

1. To arise or abide afore addition or article else. We accept to acknowledge the ancestors that came afore us for their adamantine assignment in establishing this organization. I can never bethink which ballad comes afore the bridge.2. To formally present oneself to addition being or group. Due to your inappropriate actions, you will accept to arise afore a antidotal committee.3. To be added important than article else; to be prioritized over article else. I'm consistently reminding my kids that schoolwork comes afore any amusing events.4. To be a affair of altercation or application for a being or group. When will my address assuredly arise afore the bounded officials?Learn more: before, come

come afore someone or something

1. [of bodies or things in an adjustment or a line] to be in advanced of or in beforehand of addition or something. This one comes afore that one. She comes afore me.
2. [for one] to present oneself in the attendance of addition or a group. Thank you for advancing afore this lath with your testimony. The adjudicator said I would accept to arise afore her afresh abutting month.
3. [for an issue] to be aloft afore someone, a board, committee, etc.; [for an issue] to arise on the calendar of addition or a deliberative body. The amount of the burst windows came afore the academy lath at last. The catechism came afore the business manager.Learn more: before, come

come before

v.
1. To action eventually or beforehand in a arrangement than something: Easter comes afore April this year. The letter B comes afore the letter C.
2. To be added important than something: Playing adequately comes afore acceptable the game.
3. To present oneself to some group: They came afore the cloister on Wednesday, and the balloon was accomplished by the end of the week. Learn more: before, come

Learn more:

More Idioms/Phrases

put someone in the picture put (someone) out put (something or someone) out of one put (something or someone) out of one's head/mind put (something) over on someone put (something) past someone (negative) put stock in put the bite on someone put the cart before the horse put the finishing touches on put the heat on put the kibosh on put the screws to someone put them up put things in perspective put through the wringer put to bed (print media)

English Vocalbulary

income bonds income debenture income distribution income elasticity income from operation income generation income margin income of demand income per head income policy income principle income record income statement income statement account income statement ratio income summary income tax incoming