| 单词 | to go while the going is good |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto go while the going is good P2. colloquial (originally U.S.). while the going is good: while the conditions are favourable (esp. for fleeing or for getting out of trouble); formerly frequently in to go while the going is good. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > advantage > [phrase] > while conditions are favourable while the going is good1830 1830 Observer & Telegr. (Hudson, Ohio) 25 Nov. The American Bible Society should..lose no time this autumn while the going is good and the weather mild, in putting the sacred treasure into the last destitute family within their limits. 1906 H. Blossom (title of song) Go while the goin' is good. 1907 La Crosse (Wisconsin) Tribune 4 Oct. 2/1 The offer..will positively not be repeated, so it's best to go while the going is good. 1916 H. L. Mencken Let. 10 July (1961) 85 You would be a maniac not to go out for all that money while the going is good. 1927 H. Waddell Wandering Scholars ii. 48 Warned in time, the two..had gone while the going was good. 1994 J. Galloway Foreign Parts vii. 108 I think we cut and run, go while the going is good and don't chance our luck. 2006 L. Ellmann Doctors & Nurses (2007) 197 Jen hauled her sorry ass out of there while the going was still good. < as lemmas |
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