English Dictionary

get ahead of oneself

動詞

慣用表現

(idiomatic) To focus excessively on one's plans or on prospective future events without paying adequate attention to the present.

日本語の意味

自分の将来の計画や展望に過度に気を取られ、現在の状況を十分に考慮しない / 現実を無視し、未来の出来事に執着する、先走った行動をとる

She tends to get ahead of herself, celebrating promotions before she even interviews for them.

彼女は先のことを考えすぎる傾向があり、面接を受ける前に昇進を祝ってしまう。

意味（1）

(idiomatic) To focus excessively on one's plans or on prospective future events without paying adequate attention to the present.

Montgomerie suspected he was getting ahead of himself. I think I am thinking about next week too much, he said.

意味（2）

(idiomatic) To develop an opinion based on insufficient information or to take action prematurely.

Channel 4 News's Samira Ahmed rather got ahead of herself when she told viewers on Saturday afternoon that Liverpool had beaten Chelsea in the FA Cup semi-final-even thought it was still 90 minutes away from kick-off.

意味（3）

(idiomatic) To speak or write in a manner in which one makes points out of logical or chronological sequence.

She talked so excitedly that she got ahead of herself and looked bewildered and cried out, What was I saying?

gets ahead of oneself （ present singular third-person ）

getting ahead of oneself （ participle present ）

got ahead of oneself （ past ）

got ahead of oneself （ UK participle past ）

gotten ahead of oneself （ US participle past ）