take time by the forelock

Meaning: (idiomatic,oftenimperative)Toseizeanopportunityquickly before it is no longeravailable.1595,Edmund Spenser,Amoretti‎[1], Sonnet 70:Tell her the ioyoustimewil not be staid, / Unlesse she doe himby the forelock take;1726,William Rufus Chetwood,The Voyages and Adventures of Captain Robert Boyle‎[2], London: Andrew Millar, published1728, pages5–6:[…]I knew a Parson's Wife that seldom went to Church, buttook Time by the Forelock, and while the Husband (good Man) was taking Care of his Flock, the good Woman at Home was at her Occupation with her Gallant, a rich young Farmer.1920,Angela Brazil, chapter I, inThe Princess of the School‎[3], New York: A.L. Burt, published1921, page 1:Miss Walters, dreading the Christmas rush on the railway, had determined totake time by the forelock, and meant to pack off her pupils by the first available trains, trusting they would most of them reach their destinations before the overcrowding became a serious problem in the traffic.

Examples:

EN: of which at all times take time by the forelock.
HI: समय सदा चलता ही जाता
HI: वक़्त सब कुछ लेकर गुजर जाता है. .
HI: समय कैसा भी हो गुज़र ही जाता है. . !
HI: प्रत्यॆक आते जाते क्षण में
HI: बीत जाता है सारा वक्त. .
HI: वक्त की यारी तो हर कोई कर लेता है,
HI: उसकी याद में सारा वक़्त गुज़र जाता है. . !
EN: To take time by the forelock:
TE: సెల్ఫ్ కేర్ కోసం సమయాన్ని వెచ్చించండిః

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