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Definition 2025

make_hay

make hay

English

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
French: faner (fr)
Finnish: tehdä heinää

Romansch: (Rumantsch Grischun, Sutsilvan) fanar, (Rumantsch Grischun) far fain, (Sursilvan) far fein, (Sutsilvan, Surmiran) far fagn, (Puter) fer cul fain, (Vallader) far cun fain