ahead of your/its time
ahead of your/its time
ahead of your/its time
◇ If you are ahead of your time or if your ideas, creations, etc., are ahead of their time, you are too advanced or modern to be understood or appreciated during the time when you live or work.
As a director, he was ahead of his time. His movies are now regarded as classics, but they were unpopular when he made them.
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Main Entry: time
