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Make Hay while the Sun Shines to make the best of a limited opportunity

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If you want a part in the show, you'd better put on your tap shoes and make hay while the sun shines. This proverb dates from the early to mid-1500s. Hay is made from grass that has been cut and dried. Rain will spoil cut grass, so farmers have to time it right and make hay on days when the sun is shining. This expression includes anything that should be done when the time is right, taking full advantage of an opportunity before it passes.

Idiom	Make Hay while the Sun Shines
Example	If you want a part in the show, you'd better put on your tap shoes and make hay while the sun shines.
Meaning	to make the best of a limited opportunity
Origin	This proverb dates from the early to mid-1500s. Hay is made from grass that has been cut and dried. Rain will spoil cut grass, so farmers have to time it right and make hay on days when the sun is shining. This expression includes anything that should be done when the time is right, taking full advantage of an opportunity before it passes.

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