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Figurative use of “too far ahead”



 
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Figurative use of “too far ahead” #1 (permalink) Thu Sep 13, 2007 17:14 pm   Figurative use of “too far ahead”
 

Hi

Does it sound natural to you?

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When it comes to business, he is too far ahead than me.


Means he is much, much more successful than I am.

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Figurative use of “too far ahead” #2 (permalink) Thu Sep 13, 2007 22:06 pm   Figurative use of “too far ahead”
 

Your sentence sounds fine (to me, at least), except for 'than'. It should be: 'too far ahead of me'.

You can also say: 'he is one jump ahead of me'.
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Figurative use of “too far ahead” #3 (permalink) Fri Sep 14, 2007 0:23 am   Figurative use of “too far ahead”
 

Hi Tom

I agree that you need to change 'than' to 'of'.

Instead of saying 'he is one jump ahead of me' (which might not be far enough ahead to suit your purposes here), you could also say 'he is leaps and bounds ahead of me'.
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