English @ the Movies: 'Getting Ahead of Myself'
source: VOA Learning English 2017年9月22日
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# get ahead of oneself: (source: https://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/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.
