Make hay while the sun shines

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Make hay while the sun shines.

Prov. If you have an opportunity to do something, do it before the opportunity expires. Jane: While my husband's out of town, I'm going to watch all the movies he wouldn't take me to see. Jane: Why not? Make hay while the sun shines.

See also: hay, make, shine, sun

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It's the old cliche - you want to make hay while the sun shines. Restoring hay meadows to former glory; Memories of yesteryear's hay ... by The Journal (Newcastle, England) Yes, Merlin Entertainment, the firm which owns most of the country's top theme parks (Legoland, Alton Towers etc), may have to make hay while the sun shines. TRIP TO NO-GO LAND by The Mirror (London, England) The old Welsh saying, make hay while the sun shines, is now taken a step further: make the council rich while they can. Letter: Viewpoints - Why it takes five on bin run by South Wales Echo (Cardiff, Wales)			make day make demands of make do and mend make eat crow make ends meet make every effort to do make eyes at make faces make feel small make flesh crawl make for somewhere make free with make friends with make fun of make good make good as make good money make good on make good time make gorge rise make great play of make hair stand on end make hard work of Make haste slowly make hay Make hay while the sun shines make head swim make headlines make heads or tails of make headway make heavy weather of make history make inroads into make it make it big make it business to make it hot for make it snappy Make it snappy! make it some place Make it two make it worth while make life miserable for make light of make light work of make like a tree and leave make little of make look good make look ridiculous make love make mark			make great play make great play make great play make great play make great play of make greater make grow make hackles rise make hackles rise make hackles rise make hair curl make hair curl make hair curl make hair stand on end make hair stand on end make hair stand on end make hair stand on end make hamburger of make hamburger of someone make happy make hard work of make haste make haste Make haste slowly make havoc make hay make hay make hay make hay make hay Make hay while the sun shines make head spin make head swim make headlines make heads or tails of make heads or tails of make heads or tails of make heads or tails of make headway make headway make headway make healthful make heavy weather of make heavy weather of make heavy weather of make heavy weather of make heavy weather of make higher make history make history make history make history make hostile make hygienic make ill make illegible make illegitimate make impact make imperfect make important make impossible

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