In order to make contact on a curveball in Baseball, you must recognize it almost before it has been released from the pitchers hand. Once you know its a curveball it is can be easy to hit. Like wise with the phrase, by being ahead of the curve you have already figured out what will take others a while longer. People may scoff at baseball analogies, but consider how long baseball has been Americas pastime. It certainly makes sense that some of these phrase can derive from a sport the has been around for well over 100 years.
In a business sense, it usually means a new employee is not quite keeping up with the 'learning curve' required to perform a particular job. In other instances it would mean 'off the pace' or 'behind schedule'. The origin of the phrase refers to the statistical bell shaped curve also called the normal probability distribution; where to be 'behind the curve' is to be analogously in area of the graph to the left of the bell curve, to be 'ahead of the curve' analogously in the area of the graph to the right of the bell curve.
This refers to the controls of a steam engine on a ship. "Full steam" means full power, or wide open throttle, and "ahead" means in forward gear.
There is no such phrase. There is a word rampage. It is of Scottish origin, perhaps from RAMP, to rear up.
The Spanish for "I have put" is he puesto, could this be the origin?
It's not a phrase, and it's one word "armpit". Origin is from Old English earm "arm" and pytt "hole in the ground".
In a business sense, it usually means a new employee is not quite keeping up with the 'learning curve' required to perform a particular job. In other instances it would mean 'off the pace' or 'behind schedule'. The origin of the phrase refers to the statistical bell shaped curve also called the normal probability distribution; where to be 'behind the curve' is to be analogously in area of the graph to the left of the bell curve, to be 'ahead of the curve' analogously in the area of the graph to the right of the bell curve.
Ahead of the Curve was created in 2008.
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This refers to the controls of a steam engine on a ship. "Full steam" means full power, or wide open throttle, and "ahead" means in forward gear.
There is no such phrase as "eat you".
Diminishing Marginal returns to capital and labor.
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Anticipating issues and able to resolve them ahead of time; above the averaged baseline of expectations or requirements.
From Latin Curvus meaning bent
There is no such phrase. There is a word rampage. It is of Scottish origin, perhaps from RAMP, to rear up.