Question

What is the meaning of the phrase "I run before my horse to market"? to be extremely busy to make devious plans to be in denial to be very impatient to speak too soon

Answer 1

It's a bit of a cruddy question because two of the options are somewhat correct.

it definitely does not mean to be extremely busy, as someone else has suggested.

It is a combination of impatience and speaking too soon.

Richard is eager to see his brothers dead so that he can take the throne. But his planning about what he will do when they are dead is getting ahead of himself -- as he say, there is no point counting his gains until they are dead. In doing so, he is running before his horse to market.

I would say, therefore, the most accurate fit is to speak to soon, but being very impatient sort of fits also.

Definitely not 'to be extremely busy' or 'to make devious plans' or 'to be in denial'

Answer 2

A). To be extremely busy.

Step-by-step explanation:

As per the question, the meaning of the phrase 'I run before my horse to market' would be 'to extremely busy'. It implies that one is so busy that he/she is running ahead of horse to get his/her jobs accomplished on time. In the given excerpt, the speaker is in extreme hurry and thus, running ahead of time to reach on time to reach his love and apologize for the mistakes by becoming her father and husband. Therefore, option A correctly relates to the context of the phrase while the other options(B, C, and D) are irrelevant to the context and thus, fail to convey the intended meaning of the phrase. Thus, option A is the correct answer.