On Thu, 15 Oct 2009, f...@kokkinizita.net wrote: > >> that makes sense now, so someone jumped the gun. > > Some time ago I learned on this list the expression > 'jumping the shark' - IIRC it was Paul Davis using > it. But what is 'jumping the gun' ?
I didn't find this in the first links someone posted... so here goes: The phrase comes from racing (track and field, horse racing). Usually, a foot race is begun when someone fires a gun. If you start before the gun fires (a false start), it's called "jumping the gun." I.e. you jumped out across the starting line before the gun fired. So, as those other sites said, it means to start prematurely. HTH, Gabriel _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-dev mailing list Linux-audio-dev@lists.linuxaudio.org http://lists.linuxaudio.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-audio-dev
