strike while the iron is hot

English

Verb

(deprecated template usage) to strike while the iron is hot

1. Template:idiom To act on an opportunity promptly; to avoid waiting.

   We should strike while the iron is hot and order some immediately, before they change the offer.

Usage notes

• When expressed in the imperative mood, this term is a well-known saying or proverb:

  Strike while the iron is hot!

Synonyms

• make hay while the sun shines

Translations

act on an opportunity promptly

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: Template:zh-ts (dǎtiěchènrè)

  Min Nan: Template:zh-ts (hî-thàn-chhiⁿ, lâng-thàn-chíⁿ)

• Croatian:
• Czech: kout železo, dokud je žhavé
• Danish: smede mens jernet er varmt
• Finnish: tao, kun rauta on kuumaa
• French: battre le fer pendant qu’il est chaud
• German: Man muss das Eisen schmieden, solange es heiß ist
• Hungarian: addig üsd a vasat, amíg meleg (hu)
• Irish:
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• Italian: battere il ferro finché è caldo
• Lingala: otútá ebendé ntángo ezalí na mɔ̌tɔ
• Lithuanian:
• Macedonian:
• Norwegian: smi mens jernet er varmt
• Polish: kuj żelazo póki gorące
• Russian: куй железо, пока горячо (kuj želézo, poká gorjačó)
• Spanish: batir el hierro cuando está al rojo
• Swedish: smida medan järnet är varmt
• Thai: Template:Thai

Proverb

(deprecated template usage) strike while the iron is hot

1. Take advantage of opportunity.

References

• Gregory Y. Titelman, Random House Dictionary of Popular Proverbs and Sayings, 1996, ISBN 0-679-44554-4, p. 309.