2007-12-11 00:13:49 · 3 answers · asked by ? 2 in Education & Reference ➔ Quotations
MAKE HAY WHILE THE SUN SHINES -- "Act while conditions are favorable. The grass that is going to be used as hay needs to be dried after it is cut: rain is likely to spoil it. The farmer, therefore, sought to cut hay on a day when it seemed likely that the sun would be around for that day and one or two more. John Heywood listed the advice as proverbial in 1546: 'When the sunne shyneth make hey.'" From "Dictionary of Cliches" by James Rogers (Wings Books, Originally New York: Facts on File Publications, 1985).
2007-12-11 00:17:26 · answer #1 · answered by jurydoc 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Well, you can't make hay in the rain.
What they're saying is to seize opportunity when it presents itself. Don't put off until tomorrow what you can get done today. Strike while the iron is hot.
2007-12-11 00:16:31 · answer #2 · answered by kja63 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It means " have fun while you can "someday you will not have your health as good as you do now , and you might get too old to enjoy the simple things
2007-12-11 00:19:39 · answer #3 · answered by cblack6540 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋