Anyways, the earliest media citation of “getting their ducks in a row” is this, according to TheIdioms.com: The earliest known usage of the phrase dates back to the late 19th century. An example from ...

In advance, beforehand 和 upfront 这三个词给我们的感觉是意思大体类似，都有“事先，提前”的意思？不过虽然有相似处，但这三个词也都有各自不同于 ...