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>I don't of the exact derivation of the term, but if you're "behind the 8-ball" that means that you're in trouble. It probably has something to do with the a version of pool (pocket billiards) known as 8-ball. Being behind the 8-ball is a very bad thing because it normally means you have no decent shot available.
As in "snookered"?
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>I haven't seen the term "ahead of the 8-ball" (I'd have probably used "ahead of the curve") used before, so I'll leave it to someone else to explain the context here.
Ahead - you've probably gone in-off! :-)
- Whoever said that women are the weaker sex never tried to wrest the bedclothes off one in the middle of the night
- Worry is the interest you pay, in advance, for a loan that you may never need to take out.
