It's not an idiom because you can figure it out. You're ahead of the rest of the people. You're doing things that others can't imagine doing, so you must have been born before your normal time to live.
prior to is a synonym for before. Before is a preposition and prior to is an idiom (prior is an adjective). Before can mean previous, earlier or sooner than, in front of, ahead of , rather than, in precedence of, or until. Prior can mean preceding in time or order and preceding in importance or value. Before just basically can mean more than prior to can mean.
God was not born, God has always been. Before the universe was, and before time itself was, God is.
They lived approximately around the same time.
well B.C stands for Before Christ and A.D stands for After Death so before Christ was born and after his Death
To be in a "race against time" means to have a great deal to do before the arrival of a rapidly approaching deadline.
It's not an idiom - it means just what it says. Something took "no" time to come about. It's an exaggeration, but the meaning is plain.
The idiom "a dog's age" means a long time or a period that feels particularly long. It exaggerates the notion of time passing slowly, similar to saying "an eternity."
An idiom is an expression whose meaning cannot be known simply by understanding the words in it. The meaning of "before one's time" is not that obscure. In one sense it is said of visionary things that appear before the world is ready for them: Peace on Earth is an idea forever before its time. In another sense, it simply means "too early." The patient came before his time. In a third sense it means "earlier than..." They lived before our time.
This isn't an idiom. It means just what it seems to mean. Something is only a matter of time - you only have to wait until it happens.
It is just an exaggerated way of saying something happens quite often - it is hyperbole, not an idiom.
prior to is a synonym for before. Before is a preposition and prior to is an idiom (prior is an adjective). Before can mean previous, earlier or sooner than, in front of, ahead of , rather than, in precedence of, or until. Prior can mean preceding in time or order and preceding in importance or value. Before just basically can mean more than prior to can mean.
it means when you are really nervous and cool at the same time.:)
It takes a long time to do an important job
This is not an idiom. It means just what it says. It is a saying that means time seems to go by more quickly when you are doing something enjoyable than it does when you are uncomfortable.
The idiom to kills/slaughter the fattened calf basically means that you will celebrate with a friend or relative that you have not seen in a very long time.
If you have your hands full, you can't do anything else with them, can you? This idiom means that you're overloaded and don't have time or ability to do anything else.
Fork in the road means a time when it is necessary to make a decision.