before someone's time

Prepositional phrase

 * 1)  From before one was born or old enough to be aware of the world.
 * 2)  At a stage in one's life, development, etc. that seems premature.
 * 3) * 1951, Johnny Cash, letter to Vivian Cash dated 3 November 1951, reprinted in Vivian Cash (with Ann Sharpsteen), I Walked the Line: My Life with Johnny, Scribner (2007), ISBN 9781416532927, page 38:
 * Oh yes, and tell her to take care of herself too, and not get herself all banged up again, or she will look old before her time.
 * 1)  At a stage in one's life, development, etc. that seems premature.
 * 2) * 1951, Johnny Cash, letter to Vivian Cash dated 3 November 1951, reprinted in Vivian Cash (with Ann Sharpsteen), I Walked the Line: My Life with Johnny, Scribner (2007), ISBN 9781416532927, page 38:
 * Oh yes, and tell her to take care of herself too, and not get herself all banged up again, or she will look old before her time.
 * 1) * 1951, Johnny Cash, letter to Vivian Cash dated 3 November 1951, reprinted in Vivian Cash (with Ann Sharpsteen), I Walked the Line: My Life with Johnny, Scribner (2007), ISBN 9781416532927, page 38:
 * Oh yes, and tell her to take care of herself too, and not get herself all banged up again, or she will look old before her time.

Translations

 * Finnish: ajalta ennen jotakuta


 * Finnish: ennen aikojaan,
 * Swedish: