make hay | Idiomator

Meaning: (literally)To cutgrassto turn into hay foranimal feed.; (idiomatic)To takeadvantageof anopportunity.2021January 27, Christian Wolmar, “Little-used stations”, inRAIL, issue 923, page46:I suggested that this was a mistake, particularly at a time of national crisis on the railways, because it opened the way for critics of the railway tomake hay- which Institute of Economic Affairs Director Richard Wellings duly did in an anti-rail article in theDaily Telegraph.

Examples:

EN: You're willing to make hay while the sun shines.
ES: Atrape la ocasión al vuelo.
EN: They say make hay while the sun shines
ES: - Date prisa, mientras brilla el sol
EN: You gotta make hay while the iron is hot. Come on, Nicki.
ES: Vamos Nicki, canta para que te oiga el Señor.
EN: Listen, you two, you better make hay while the sun shines.
ES: Ustedes dos deben aprovechar las oportunidades.
EN: You gotta get up, get out make hay, hay, hay, hay, hay
ES: Debes levantarte, salir y segar el heno, heno, heno
EN: Who else could make hay in the Capitol lobby?
ES: ¿Quién pudiera hacer heno en el Capitolio?
EN: Can't make hay this way, no sir.
ES: Así no se hace granero, no señor.
EN: I gotta make hay while she's still smiling at me.
ES: Voy a ver lo que saco mientras me siga sonriendo.
EN: ♪ 'Cause every day in every way ♪ ♪ We gotta make hay so we can say ♪
ES: Porque no tendremos un día de descanso.
EN: He's going to make hay of this in the papers tomorrow.
ES: Va a aprovechar esto al máximo en los diarios.
EN: Let's you and me make Why shouldn't we make hay?
ES: Vamos tú y yo... a hacer ¿Por qué no habríamos de hacerlo, ah?
EN: Better make hay, buddy.
ES: Mejor que hay, amigo.
EN: Just a few germs trying to make hay in poor old Peter's leg!
ES: Hay bacterias intentando pasárselo bien.
EN: That's why I say, make hay while the sun shines!
ES: Por eso, aprovecha mientras brilla el sol.
EN: - L cannot make hay.
ES: - No puedo cortar heno.

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