MAKE HAY WHILE THE SUN SHINES

Meaning of MAKE HAY WHILE THE SUN SHINES in English

work while the weather is good, work while we have time and helpers

There's a demand for our product, and we have a large stock. Let's make hay while the sun shines!

Wayne Magnuson. English idioms vocabulary. Словарь английских идиом. 2012

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
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
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
American Idioms English 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
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
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
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

English Idioms vocabulary

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