two steps ahead | Idiomator

Meaning: (idiomatic)Havingcleverlyanticipatedwhat others will do or think.2009, Elaine Biech -,The 2010 Pfeiffer Annual: Training,→ISBN:During strategy discussions,I feeltwo steps aheadand often believe discussions are wasting time and slowing progress.2013, Hadley Hoover,Storm Path,→ISBN, page 9:“You'll need more help than Dave and Frank can give, just to get it down from the truck, over the lawn and inside,” she said practically. “Two steps aheadof you, M'lady. I stopped by the grocery store, so Dave knows to come home and help."2017July 30, Ali Barthwell, “Ice and fire finally meet in a front-loaded episode of Game Of Thrones (newbies)”, inThe Onion AV Club‎[1]:She dismisses Littlefinger’s advice to prepare for every possible outcome and see the world as a place of unimaginable horror. Littlefinger is telling her to be a little more like Cersei, alwaystwo steps ahead. The difference between Sansa and Cersei is that she has no desire to repeat what has been done to her as an act of vengeance.2024September 6, Nicholas Perry, “Two Steps Ahead”, inNikocado Avocado‎[2]:Two steps ahead, I am alwaystwo steps ahead. This has been the greatest social experiment I've come to know, certainly the greatest of my entire life. It's alluring, It's compelling. It's gripping to bear witness to observe all these unwell, unbalanced, disoriented beings roam the internet in search of stories. In search of...ideas. Of conflict, of rivalries. Where people develop a distinctive desire for direct engagement where people feel involved with the stories and therefore become product of influence. Thirsty for distraction, from time spent from lackluster lifestyles spoiling their minds while stimulating at the exact same time.; Just barely escaping.2011, William W. Johnstone,Law of the Mountain Man,→ISBN:He's supposed to have raped and kilt a woman when he was 'bout fourteen or fifteen and had to flee,two steps aheadof the law2015, Kim Newman,The Night Mayor,→ISBN:From the dryout farm, Tunney had moved down to the border, mooched around in cantinas for a while, then left the countrytwo steps aheadof the sheriff of some Rio Grande jerkwater.2017, James S. Donnelly, Jr,The Land and the People of Nineteenth-Century Cork,→ISBN:Desperately trying to keeptwo steps aheadof the bill collector, tenants frequently neglected to request permission for these sales, and they or those whom they duped into partin with their money usually suffered the consequences.

Examples:

EN: In your position, a gambler, a wastrel, a libertine, only two steps ahead of the hangman...
ES: en tu posición- un jugador, manirroto,libertino, al que sólo dos pasos separan del verdugo.
EN: I must stay at least two steps ahead of each criminal.
ES: Debo estar al menos dos pasos adelante de cada criminal.
EN: Those that submit when asked to... are one step ahead of those that were never asked to submit... and two steps ahead of those that submit without being asked.
ES: Aquéllos que someten cuando preguntan... están un paso delante de aquéllos que nunca han podido someter... y dos pasos delante de aquéllos que someten a menos que pregunten.
EN: No, the black woman has always been two steps ahead of her man. Always.
ES: No, la mujer negra ha estado dos pasos delante de su marido siempre.
EN: That's how I manage to stay two steps ahead of my creditors.
ES: Así voy dos pasos por delante de mis acreedores.
EN: Darryl is two steps ahead of both of us.
ES: Darryl se le ha adelantado.
EN: Every idea of your flops in front of that girl! - I know. She is always two steps ahead of you.
ES: Pero Vicky, no tengo un vestido acorde para vestir.
EN: I'm happy... that you have kept tradition alive, and indeed you're two steps ahead
ES: Estoy feliz de que hayas mantenido la tradición viva, y vas dos pasos por delante.
EN: Analyzing clues, devising strategies, always staying one or two steps ahead of the other guys.
ES: El análisis de pistas, la elaboración de estrategias, tratando de permanecer, Uno o dos pasos por delante de los otros muchachos, - ahora,
EN: They are always two steps ahead of where they're supposed to be.
ES: Siempre están dos pasos por delante de donde se supone deberían estar.
EN: He has put us on the defensive and has been two steps ahead of us all along.
ES: Nos ha puesto a la defensiva y ha ido dos pasos por delante de nosotros.
EN: You can't make a decision without him being two steps ahead of you.
ES: Siempre que toma una decisión, él siempre la aventaja.
EN: She always makes me think she's at least two steps ahead of me.
ES: Siempre me haría pensar que está dos pasos delante de mí.
EN: I'm just saying, I mean, I'm I'm just saying, I mean, I'm trying to stay two steps ahead.
ES: Yo sólo digo, quiero decir, intento ir dos pasos por delante.
EN: trying to stay two steps ahead. Rob is desperate to do Rob is desperate to do something.
ES: Rob está desesperado por hacer algo.

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