make hay

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English

Pronunciation

Audio (AU): (file)

Verb

(literally) To cut grass to turn into hay for animal feed.
(idiomatic) To take advantage of an opportunity.

Derived terms

make hay while the sun shines

Translations

to cut grass to turn into hay

Faroese: hoyggja
Finnish: tehdä heinää
French: faner (fr), faire les foins (fr)
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German: Heu machen
Romansch: (Rumantsch Grischun, Sutsilvan) fanar, (Rumantsch Grischun) far fain, (Sursilvan) far fein, (Sutsilvan, Surmiran) far fagn, (Puter) fer cul fain, (Vallader) far cun fain

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