before time

*before someone's time

happening before someone was born or old enough to know what was going on. (*Typically: be ~; happen ~; occur ~.) Of course I don't remember it. It was before my time. All that happened before your time.

before your time

during a period when you were not active or alive I don't know how old the bridge is, but I know it was built well before my time.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Auda	-	Ancient Germanic
ChÍ	-	Vietnamese
Tilda	TEEL-dah (Finnish)	English, Swedish, Finnish
Ampelius	-	Ancient Greek (Latinized)
Maela	-	Breton
Wetzel	-	German