| 单词 | to strike while the iron is hot |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto strike while (also when) the iron is hot P4. to strike while (also when) the iron is hot and variants: to act promptly when an opportunity presents itself; to take advantage of current favourable circumstances. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > advantage > an opportunity > have opportunity [verb (intransitive)] > take opportunity when the pig is offered (also proffered), hold open the pokea1325 to strike while (also when) the iron is hotc1405 to take occasion1561 to take one's chance1791 c1405 (c1390) G. Chaucer Melibeus (Hengwrt) (2003) §70 Right so as whil þt Iren is hoot men sholde smyte. 1523 in State Papers Henry VIII (1836) IV. 85 And now the iron is hote, it is tyme to stryke. ?1615 G. Chapman tr. Homer Odysses (new ed.) xii. 487 [He] their iron strook At highest heat. 1623 Bp. J. Hall Contempl. VII. O.T. xviii. 187 The iron was now hot with this heauenly fire, Elijah..strikes immediately. 1694 S. Slater Earnest Call to Family-relig. 114 Strike Man, Woman, strike while the iron is hot, as soon as the wind blows spread your Sails. 1753 S. Foote Englishman in Paris i. 13 Then strike whilst the Iron's hot. 1786 Lady's Mag. May 232/1 I judged it time to strike while the iron was hot, so I consented. 1860 A. Trollope Castle Richmond I. vi. 106 Strike when the iron's hot; that's my motto. 1882 Cent. Mag. Apr. 927/2 I've got to strike while the iron's hot, if I'm going to write out that logging-camp business. 1938 Observer 21 Aug. 6/7 How far the General might have gone had he struck when the iron was hot..is a question upon which the best judgments have differed ever since. 1983 R. Curtis & R. Atkinson Black Adder in R. Curtis et al. Blackadder: Whole Damn Dynasty (1998) 100/2 I say strike now while the iron is hot! 2002 Time 17 June 26/1 Bush aides admit that he gave the..speech ahead of schedule. ‘We wanted to strike while the iron was hot.’ < as lemmas |
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