Nghĩa là gì: before

before /bi'fɔ:/

phó từ
- trước, đằng trước
  - to go before: đi trước
  - before and behind: đằng trước và đằng sau
- trước đây, ngày trước
  - I have seen this before: trước đây tôi đã thấy cái này rồi
  - long before: trước đây đã lâu
  - before now: trước đây
- before long
  - ngay bây giờ, chẳng bao lâu nữa
- I'll be back before long: tôi sẽ trở về ngay bây giờ

giới từ
- trước, trước mắt, trước mặt
  - before Christ: trước công lịch
  - the question before us is a very difficult one: vấn đề trước mắt chúng ta là một vấn đề rất khó
- hơn (về chức vị, khả năng...)
  - he is before the other boys in his class: nó khá hơn các học sinh khác trong lớp
- thà... còn hơn...;
  - death before dishonour: thà chết còn hơn chịu nhục
- to carry all before one
  - (xem) carry
- to have a whole life before one
  - đời còn dài
- to sail before the mast
  - (xem) mast

liên từ
- trước khi
  - I must funish my work before I go home: tôi phải làm xong việc trước khi về nhà
- thà... chứ không...
  - he said he would die before he would betray the Party: anh ấy nói thà chết chứ không phản bội đảng

cringe before Thành ngữ, tục ngữ

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.

cringe afore (someone or something)

To compress abroad from addition or something, usually out of fear. I cringed afore my dad back he bent me cheating in afterwards curfew.Learn more: before, cringe

cringe afore someone or something

to apple-polish or backfire in the attendance of addition or something. Jeff cringed afore the acrimony of the policeman.Learn more: before, cringe

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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) crept crest crew crew cut crew up crib crib (something) from (someone) crib from crib note crib sheet crick crick in back crick in neck cricket cricket on the hearth cried cried all the way to the bank, he/she cries crime crime does not pay crime doesn't pay crimp cringe cringe away from cringe away from (someone or something) cringe before cringe before (someone or something) cringe from (someone or something) cringey crinkle up crips crisco crisis crisis actor crisis management crisp crispy crispy critter crispy-critter criss-cross applesauce critic criticism criticize criticize (one) for (something) criticize for critter croak croak out croaker crock crock of gold