MAKE HAY WHILE THE SUN SHINES

Meaning of MAKE HAY WHILE THE SUN SHINES in English

v. phr. To do something at the right time; not wait too long. Dick had a free hour so he made hay while the sun shone and got his lesson for the next day.

Compare: MAKE THE MOST OF.

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MAKE HAY WHILE THE SUN SHINES — take advantage of an opportunity, take a chance while it is available
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
MAKE HAY (WHILE THE SUN SHINES) — ~ make good use of an opportunity while it lasts. → hay
Concise Oxford English vocab
MAKE HAY WHILE THE SUN SHINES — ( saying ) to make good use of opportunities, good conditions, etc. while they last
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
MAKE HAY WHILE THE SUN SHINES — {v. phr.} To do something at the right time; not wait too long. * /Dick had a free hour so …
Slang English vocab
MAKE HAY WHILE THE SUN SHINES — See ↑ CHANCE 5
Longman Activator English vocab
MAKE HAY WHILE THE SUN SHINES — make the most of an opportunity, take advantage of something, strike while the iron is hot, seize the day, carpe …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
MAKE HAY WHILE THE SUN SHINES — {v. phr.} To do something at the right time; not wait too long. * /Dick had a free hour so …
Словарь английских идиом
MAKE HAY WHILE THE SUN SHINES — do something at the right time, not wait too long You should make hay while the sun shines and paint …
English Idioms vocab
MAKE HAY WHILE THE SUN SHINES — work while the weather is good, work while we have time and helpers There's a demand for our product, and …
English Idioms vocabulary
MAKE HAY WHILE THE SUN SHINES — куй железо пока горячо
English-Russian-dictionary - Bed release
MAKE HAY WHILE THE SUN SHINES — куй железо пока горячо
English-Russian-dictionary - Bed release
MAKE HAY WHILE THE SUN SHINES — куй железо, пока горячо
Англо-Русский словарь английских идиом
MAKE HAY WHILE THE SUN SHINES — куй железо, пока горячо ( этимология: в сельскохозяйственных работах важно убрать урожай и заготовить сено до того, как пойдут дожди, …
Англо-Русский словарь идиом
MAKE HAY WHILE THE SUN SHINES — Коси сено, пока солнце светит. Ср. Куй железо, пока горячо. Коси коса, пока роса
Английские поговорки
MAKE — I. verb COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a factory produces/makes sth ▪ The factory produces an incredible 100 cars per hour. …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
SUN — I. sun 1 S2 W1 /sʌn/ BrE AmE noun [ Language: Old English ; Origin: sunne ] 1 . the …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
WHILE — I. conjunction COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a good while (= a fairly long time ) ▪ I’d been waiting a …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
SUN — I. noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES bleached by the sun ▪ The wood had been bleached by the sun . …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
HAY — 1. сущ. 1) сено to bundle, gather, stack hay ≈ собирать сено a haystack ≈ стог сена 2) награда, премия, …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
HAY — 1. сущ. 1) сено to bundle, gather, stack hay ≈ собирать сено a haystack ≈ стог сена 2) награда, премия, …
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
SUN — I solar system revolve. It is about five billion years old and is the dominant body of the system, with …
Английский словарь Британика
HAY — I In agriculture, dried feed . Typical hay crops are timothy , alfalfa , and clover . Usually the material …
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
SUN — I. ˈsən noun ( -s ) Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English sunne, sonne, from Old English sunne; akin to …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
MAKE — I. ˈmāk verb ( made ˈmād ; made ; making ; makes ) Etymology: Middle English maken, from Old English …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
HAY — I. ˈhā noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English haie, heie, from Old English hege; akin to Old English haga …
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
SUN — — sunlike , adj. /sun/ , n. , v. , sunned, sunning . n. 1. ( often cap. ) the …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
MAKE — make 1 — makable , adj. /mayk/ , v. , made, making , n. v.t. 1. to bring into existence …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
HAY — — hayey , adj. /hay/ , n. 1. grass, clover, alfalfa, etc., cut and dried for use as forage. 2. …
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
SUN — I. ˈsən noun Etymology: Middle English sunne, from Old English; akin to Old High German sunna sun, Latin sol — …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
MAKE — I. ˈmāk verb ( made ˈmād ; mak·ing ) Etymology: Middle English, from Old English macian; akin to Old High …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
HAY — I. ˈhā noun Etymology: Middle English hey, from Old English hīeg; akin to Old High German hewi hay, Old English …
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
SUN — noun ·see sunn. 2. sun ·noun the direct light or warmth of the sun; sunshine. 3. sun ·noun any heavenly …
Webster English vocab
MAKE — vt to be engaged or concerned in. 2. make ·noun a companion; a mate; often, a husband or a wife. …
Webster English vocab
HAY — vi to lay snares for rabbits. 2. hay ·noun a hedge. 3. hay ·noun grass cut and cured for fodder. …
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
SUN — [sun] n [ME sunne, fr. OE; akin to OHG sunna sun, L sol--more at solar] (bef. 12c) 1 a often …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
MAKE — [make] vb made ; mak.ing [ME, fr. OE macian; akin to OHG mahhon to prepare, make, Gk magenai to be …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
HAY — [hay] n [ME hey, fr. OE hieg; akin to OHG hewi hay, OE heawan to hew] (bef. 12c) 1: herbage …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
HAY — in agriculture, dried grasses and other foliage used as animal feed. Usually the material is cut in the field while …
Britannica English vocabulary
SUN — This time-lapse film shows the formation and dissolution of granules, updrafts of gas that form star around which the Earth …
Britannica English vocabulary
HAY — town, south-central New South Wales, Australia, on the Murrumbidgee River. The settlement originated in 1840 as a coach station known …
Britannica English vocabulary
SUN — sun BrE AmE sʌn ▷ sunned sʌnd ▷ sunning ˈsʌn ɪŋ ▷ suns sʌnz ▶ ˈ sun god BrE AmE …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
HAY — hay, Hay BrE AmE heɪ ▷ hayed heɪd ▷ haying ˈheɪ ɪŋ ▷ hays heɪz ▶ ˈ hay ˌ fever, …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
WHILE — / waɪl; NAmE / conjunction , noun , verb ■ conjunction (also formal whilst / waɪlst/ especially in BrE ) …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SUN — / sʌn; NAmE / noun , verb ■ noun 1. the sun , the Sun [ sing. ] the star …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
MAKE — / meɪk; NAmE / verb , noun ■ verb ( made , made / meɪd; NAmE /) CREATE 1. make …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
HAY — / heɪ; NAmE / noun [ U ] 1. grass that has been cut and dried and is used as …
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
MAKE — I. make 1 S1 W1 /meɪk/ BrE AmE verb ( past tense and past participle made /meɪd/) [ Word Family: …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
HAY — hay /heɪ/ BrE AmE noun [uncountable] [ Language: Old English ; Origin: hieg ] 1 . long grass that has …
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
SUN — n. & v. --n. 1 a the star round which the earth orbits and from which it receives light and …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
MAKE — v. & n. --v. (past and past part. made) 1 tr. construct; create; form from parts or other substances (made …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
HAY — n. & v. --n. grass mown and dried for fodder. --v. 1 intr. make hay. 2 tr. put (land) under …
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
SUN — n. & v. n. 1 a the star round which the earth orbits and from which it receives light and …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
MAKE — v. & n. v. (past and past part. made) 1 tr. construct; create; form from parts or other substances (made …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
HAY — n. & v. n. grass mown and dried for fodder. v. 1 intr. make hay. 2 tr. put (land) under …
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
SUN — n. & v. --n. 1. a the star round which the earth orbits and from which it receives light and …
Oxford English vocab

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