молодой да ранний

• ИЗ МОЛОДЫХ ДА РАННИЙ; МОЛОДОЙ ДА РАННИЙ both coll, often disapprov or humor

[PrepP or AdjP; usu. subj-compl with copula (subj: human), or detached modif; fixed WO]

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⇒ (of a person who gets ahead in some field or business at a young age, more often by behaving in a way that the speaker considers bad, deplorable, unacceptable etc) s.o. is young and moving ahead (too) fast and (too) aggressively:

- X из молодых да ранний <-яя> - X is a young upstart;

- X has come <wantstogo> too far too fast;

- X is a brash young fellow <young woman>;

- X is a young man <a young woman> in a hurry.

     ♦ ...Имелись сведения, что он коллекционирует картины. И хотя точно никто не знал, какого характера работы он выбирает для своих коллекций, было подозрение, что он из молодых да ранний (Искандер 4). ...There were reports that he was collecting art. Although no one knew exactly what sort of work he was choosing for his collection, it was suspected that he was a brash young fellow (4a).