beat to the punch (verb) jump the gun: get a head start
Sinonime: brittle, crisp, crumbly,
decrepit, delicate,
feeble,
fine, flimsy, fracturable, frail, frangible, friable, infirm,
insubstantial, shatterable, shivery,
slight, unsound, weak, weakly
Antonime: durable,
firm,
strong,
tough, unbreakable