STRIKE THE IRON WHILE IT IS HOT

Meaning of STRIKE THE IRON WHILE IT IS HOT in English

Seize the occasion, let not the opportunity slip, make hay while the sun shines.

Soule. Dictionary of English synonyms. Словарь английских синонимов. 2012

STRIKE THE IRON WHILE IT IS HOT — куй железо пока горячо
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STRIKE THE IRON WHILE IT IS HOT — куй железо пока горячо
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Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
IS — COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a baby is born ▪ Let me know as soon as the baby is born. a …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
IRON — I Metallic chemical element , one of the transition element s, chemical symbol Fe, atomic number 26. Iron is the …
Английский словарь Британика
WHILE — I. ˈhwīl, esp before pause or consonant -īəl; also ˈwī- noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English whil, while, from …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
STRIKE — I. ˈstrīk verb ( struck ˈstrək ; struck “ ; also strick·en ˈstrikən ; striking ˈstrīkiŋ ; strikes ) Etymology: …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
IRON — I. ˈī(ə)rn, ˈīən sometimes chiefly for the sake of the meter in a line of poetry ˈīrən noun ( -s …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
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Webster's New International English Dictionary
WHILE — /hwuyl, wuyl/ , n., conj., prep., v., whiled, whiling . n. 1. a period or interval of time: to wait …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
STRIKE — — strikeless , adj. /struyk/ , v. , struck or ( Obs. ) strook; struck or ( esp. for 31-34 …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
IRON — — ironless , adj. — ironlike , adj. /uy"euhrn/ , n. 1. Chem. a ductile, malleable, silver-white metallic element, scarcely …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
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Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
WHILE — I. ˈhwī(-ə)l, ˈwī(-ə)l noun Etymology: Middle English, from Old English hwīl; akin to Old High German hwīla time, Latin quies …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
STRIKE — I. ˈstrīk verb ( struck ˈstrək ; struck also strick·en ˈstri-kən ; strik·ing ˈstrī-kiŋ) Etymology: Middle English, from Old English …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
IRON — I. ˈī(-ə)rn noun Etymology: Middle English, from Old English īsern, īren; akin to Old High German īsarn iron Date: before …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
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Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
WHILE — prep until; till. 2. while ·vi to loiter. 3. while ·noun that which requires time; labor; pains. 4. while ·conj …
Webster English vocab
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Webster English vocab
IRON — noun rude; hard; harsh; severe. 2. iron ·noun fetters; chains; handcuffs; manacles. 3. iron ·noun inflexible; unrelenting; as, an iron …
Webster English vocab
WHILE — [while] n [ME, fr. OE hwil; akin to OHG hwila time, L quies rest, quiet] (bef. 12c) 1: a period …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
IRON — [iron] n [ME, fr. OE isern, iren; akin to OHG isarn iron] (bef. 12c) 1: a heavy malleable ductile magnetic …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
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Merriam-Webster English vocab
HOT — hot BrE AmE hɒt AmE hɑːt ▷ hots hɒts AmE hɑːts ▷ hotted ˈhɒt ɪd -əd AmE ˈhɑːt̬ əd ▷ …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
WHILE — / waɪl; NAmE / conjunction , noun , verb ■ conjunction (also formal whilst / waɪlst/ especially in BrE ) …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
STRIKE — / straɪk; NAmE / verb , noun ■ verb ( struck , struck / strʌk; NAmE /) HIT SB / …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
IRON — / ˈaɪən; NAmE ˈaɪərn/ noun , verb , adjective ■ noun METAL 1. [ U ] ( symb Fe ) …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
HOT — / hɒt; NAmE hɑːt/ adjective , verb ■ adjective ( hot·ter , hot·test ) TEMPERATURE 1. having a high temperature; …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
WHILE — I. while 1 S1 W1 /waɪl/ BrE AmE conjunction 1 . during the time that something is happening: They arrived …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
STRIKE — I. strike 1 S3 W3 /straɪk/ BrE AmE verb ( past tense and past participle struck /strʌk/) [ Word Family: …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
IRON — I. i ‧ ron 1 S2 W3 /ˈaɪən $ ˈaɪərn/ BrE AmE noun [ Language: Old English ; Origin: isern …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
WHILE — n., conj., v., & adv. --n. 1 a space of time, time spent in some action (a long while ago; …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
STRIKE — v. & n. --v. (past struck; past part. struck or archaic stricken) 1 a tr. subject to an impact. b …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
IRON — n., adj., & v. --n. 1 Chem. a silver-white ductile metallic element occurring naturally as haematite, magnetite, etc., much used …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
HOT — adj., v., & adv. --adj. (hotter, hottest) 1 a having a relatively or noticeably high temperature. b (of food or …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
WHILE — n., conj., v., & adv. n. 1 a space of time, time spent in some action (a long while ago; …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
STRIKE — v. & n. v. (past struck; past part. struck or archaic stricken) 1 a tr. subject to an impact. b …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
IRON — n., adj., & v. n. 1 Chem. a silver-white ductile metallic element occurring naturally as haematite, magnetite, etc., much used …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
HOT — adj., v., & adv. adj. (hotter, hottest) 1 a having a relatively or noticeably high temperature. b (of food or …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
WHILE — n., conj., v., & adv. --n. 1. a space of time, time spent in some action (a long while ago; …
Oxford English vocab
STRIKE — v. & n. --v. (past struck; past part. struck or archaic stricken) 1. a tr. subject to an impact. b …
Oxford English vocab
IRON — n., adj., & v. --n. 1. Chem. a silver-white ductile metallic element occurring naturally as haematite, magnetite, etc., much used …
Oxford English vocab
HOT — adj., v., & adv. --adj. (hotter, hottest) 1. a having a relatively or noticeably high temperature. b (of food or …
Oxford English vocab
WHILE — I. CONJUNCTION USES /(h)waɪl/ Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. Note: Usually pronounced …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
STRIKE — ( strikes, striking, struck, stricken) Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English. Note: The …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
IRON — ( irons, ironing, ironed) Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English. 1. Iron is …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
HOT — ( hotter, hottest, hots, hotting, hotted) Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English. 1. …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
WHILE — I. CONJUNCTION USES Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. Note: The form 'whilst' …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
WHILE — I. conjunction COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a good while (= a fairly long time ) ▪ I’d been waiting a …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
STRIKE — I. verb COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a band strikes up (= starts playing ) ▪ We were on the dance …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
IRON — I. noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a paracetamol/quinine/iron etc tablet ▪ She's on iron tablets for her anaemia. a stone/wooden/iron …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
HOT — I. adjective COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a cold/warm/hot spell ▪ There was a very cold spell in late November. a …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
STRIKE — (HIT) [verb] [past:] struck - to hit or attack forcefully or violentlyShe died when her car went out of control …
Cambridge English vocab
IRON — n. magnetic iron ore iron pyrite bog iron ore cast iron Iron Act Iron Age Iron Curtain iron deficiency anemia …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
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Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
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Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
WHILE — See: AFTER A WHILE or IN A WHILE, ALL THE TIME(1), EVERY NOW AND THEN or EVERY ONCE IN A …
Slang English vocab
STRIKE — I. noun 1 industrial protest ADJECTIVE ▪ long ▪ short ▪ one-day , two-day , etc. ▪ 24-hour , 48-hour …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
WHILE — See ↑ ALTHOUGH 1, ↑ DURING 2, ↑ TIME 17, ↑ WHEN 3 ◆◆◆ • ↑ a little while back …
Longman Activator English vocab
STRIKE — INDEX: 1. to stop working in order to get higher wages etc 2. when workers are on strike RELATED WORDS …
Longman Activator English vocab
HOT — INDEX: 1. objects/surfaces/liquids 2. food/drink 3. room/place/weather 4. warm, but not hot 5. when you feel hot 6. clothes that …
Longman Activator English vocab
HOT — See ↑ FASHIONABLE/NOT FASHIONABLE 1, ↑ HOT 1,2,3,5, ↑ TASTE 6, ↑ WEATHER 7 ◆◆◆ • ↑ baking/baking hot • …
Longman Activator English vocab
WHILE — n. 25B6; noun we chatted for a while : TIME, spell, stretch, stint, span, interval, period; duration, phase; Brit. informal …
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