To take advantage of a brief opportunity while it is still there. To not waste time.
The saying comes from farming communities. There would often be only a short time in which the hay would be ready to cut- reap too soon, and the hay would be too green. Reap too late, and you run the risk of rain ruining it all. Still very good advice.
The saying comes from farming communities. There would often be only a short time in which the hay would be ready to cut- reap too soon, and the hay would be too green. Reap too late, and you run the risk of rain ruining it all. Still very good advice.
I just got a good job for the summer- I don't know if I'll have one this fall, but I'll make hay while the sun shines and save up for the winter.
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I download my music from SoulSeek which makes those gunny snipes' very angry.
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Jeeeeesus, those oysters I ate last night gave me the wild shites. I thought I would surely shit my entire gastrointestinal tract, tonsils to rectum, out through my sphincter.
Best I avoid raw seafood in future.
Best I avoid raw seafood in future.
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“Now that I’m dating somebody, I just use Tinder to go swipeseeing.”
“I like to go swipeseeing whenever I’m back home to look at the profiles of people I went to high school with.”
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