make hay
Example Sentences
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That matters because successful investors make hay while the sun shines.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 26, 2026
They say you should make hay while the sun shines, and farmers have been doing just that.
From BBC • Jul. 15, 2025
The invaluable resource was being funneled into a single industry—the equivalent of mowing down entire grassland ecosystems to make hay for livestock, risking the starvation of deer and buffalo in the process.
From Slate • Feb. 4, 2024
She aims to make hay of these loans that might merely have been also-rans at richer, bigger institutions in big cities.
From New York Times • Oct. 19, 2022
She went silent, and I was thankful she didn’t make hay about my daddy getting himself killed.
From "The Detective's Assistant" by Kate Hannigan
