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• Make hay while the sun shines
  Make hay while the sun shines

  Take advantage of favorable circumstances; they may not last.
• make hay while the sun shines
  make hay while the sun shines

  Take advantage of favorable circumstances, as in Car sales have finally improved so we're making hay while the sun shines. This expression alludes to optimum dry weather for cutting grass. [Early 1500s]

Make hay while the sun shines

Cultural  

1. Take advantage of favorable circumstances; they may not last.

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make hay while the sun shines Idioms  

1. Take advantage of favorable circumstances, as in Car sales have finally improved so we're making hay while the sun shines. This expression alludes to optimum dry weather for cutting grass. [Early 1500s]

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Example Sentences

"Make hay while the sun shines," he replies.

From BBC • Dec. 28, 2012

"Make hay while the sun shines, eh?" said he, with a chuckle.

From True To His Colors by Castlemon, Harry

"Strike while the iron is hot," and "Make hay while the sun shines," are golden maxims.

From Pushing to the Front by Marden, Orison Swett

Make hay while the sun shines, my dear," she said; "you may never have such another opportunity.

From Harper's New Monthly Magazine No. XVI.?September, 1851?Vol. III. by Various

Make hay while the sun shines; use your eyes if you can't use your tongue.

From The Potiphar Papers by Curtis, George William