Strike while the iron is hot

Cultural  

1. Take advantage of favorable circumstances while they last. The image is from a blacksmith's shop; the smith can shape iron only by striking it with his hammer when it is red hot.

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strike while the iron is hot Idioms  

1. Take advantage of favorable conditions, as in They just made a huge profit, so let's strike while the iron is hot and ask for some money. This adage alludes to the blacksmith's forge. [Late 1300s] Also see make hay while the sun shines.

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Example Sentences

Demand for AI cloud computing is insatiable in the near term, and they want Microsoft to strike while the iron is hot.

From Barron's

“Strike while the iron is hot. If you see a price you like, go for it,” Matthews said.

From MarketWatch

"We have to strike while the iron is hot," exuberant blueberry farmer Alistair Campbell tells the BBC.

From BBC

"The US sees this as a moment to strike while the iron is hot. Our question is what are we trying to achieve here?"

From BBC

“There’s a consensus among the teams and the FIA and ourselves that now might be a good time to try and strike while the iron is hot and renew and extend the Concorde Agreement,” the CEO, Greg Maffei, said on the call.

From Seattle Times