be before (one's) time

To predate one's tenure or birth. A: "Have you ever seen this show?" B: "No, sorry, it's before my time." I don't know how that project was organized—it was before my time at the company.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Modestine	-	French
Angus	ANG-gəs	Scottish, Irish, English
Peleg	-	Biblical, Biblical Hebrew, Hebrew
Herbert	['hə:bət]
Iarlaith	EER-lah	Irish
Esma	-	Turkish, Bosnian