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.
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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To take an opportunity to do something when the time and conditions are near perfect or available.
From agriculture, when farmers gather the long grass growth of summer to dry it to produce hay as winter feed for animals; The best time to cut and dry the hay is during sunny days.
A:"There's a sale at K-mart this week - You wanna see if the have something for your sister's birthday?"
B:" Sure - Might as well make hay while the sun shines, and get her something at cut price!"
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saying that someone is crazy/mad in too many ways to count.
but with no diagnosed illness. they just appear very strange.
saying that there are too many things extremely wrong with someone to even begin to start to describe them. used when referring to mental-wrongs not physical or situational.
you need to watch out for that girl, lydia.
she is fucked 3 ways towards the sun!
(also used in the film "wedding crashers" when vince vaugn is reffering to a bonkers female character who wont leave him alone)
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When a person suffers from trauma after unexpectedly coming into contact with a large nipple - sudden unexpected nipple syndrome
Eddie face timed his daughter who was doing fake tan at the time and accidentally flashed a nipple.. Eddie is suffering from - sudden unexpected nipple syndrome - SUNS
When one thinks so highly of oneself, sees oneself as superior to most humanity and generally feels the earth evolves around him and the sun shines from his ass.
This is an Israeli expression.
Benjamin seems to think the sun shines from his ass, or he wouldn't dare behave to us as he does.
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To do something while you have the time to do it.
I had some free time in class, so I made hay while the sun shone and did the extra assignment.
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A television of the late nineties generally considered to be complete garbage.
"Third Rock from the Sun? That show was almost as bad as Frasier!"
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