See strike while the iron is hot on Wiktionary
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"To strike a hot piece of metal, especially iron, with a mallet or other tool before it cools, while it is still hot enough to be shaped."
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"(metallurgy, blacksmithing, literally) To strike a hot piece of metal, especially iron, with a mallet or other tool before it cools, while it is still hot enough to be shaped."
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"text": "We should strike while the iron is hot and order some immediately, before they change the offer.",
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"ref": "c. 1620s, Elizabeth Cary [misattributed to Henry Cary], The History Of the most unfortunate Prince King Edward II. […] , London: A.G. and F. P., published 1680, page 41:",
"text": "The Gap thus stopp'd, with her Army she marcheth to the Cage that kept those Birds, whose Wings she would be clipping. She knew if she struck not while the Iron was hot, the heat of a popular Faction would quickly sink and lessen.",
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"To act on an opportunity promptly while favorable conditions exist; to avoid waiting."
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"(idiomatic) To act on an opportunity promptly while favorable conditions exist; to avoid waiting."
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"sense": "act on an opportunity promptly",
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"sense": "act on an opportunity promptly",
"word": "趁熱打鐵"
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"roman": "can³ jit⁶ daa² tit³",
"sense": "act on an opportunity promptly",
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"word": "魚趁生，人趁茈"
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"word": "smede mens jernet er varmt"
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"word": "het ijzer smeden als het heet is"
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"sense": "act on an opportunity promptly",
"word": "takoa kun rauta on kuumaa"
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"sense": "act on an opportunity promptly",
"word": "il faut battre le fer pendant qu’il est chaud"
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"roman": "dahḳar, sanam rḳina cxelia",
"sense": "act on an opportunity promptly",
"word": "დაჰკარ, სანამ რკინა ცხელია"
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"sense": "act on an opportunity promptly",
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"sense": "act on an opportunity promptly",
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"roman": "lohā garam ha͠i. mār do hathauṛā.",
"sense": "act on an opportunity promptly",
"word": "लोहा गरम हैं. मार दो हथौड़ा."
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"word": "battere il ferro finché è caldo"
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"alt": "ぜんはいそげ",
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"word": "善は急げ"
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"alt": "てつはあついうちにうて",
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"sense": "act on an opportunity promptly",
"word": "鉄は熱いうちに打て"
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"roman": "soeppuldo dan'gime ppaeraetda",
"sense": "act on an opportunity promptly",
"word": "쇠뿔도 단김에 빼랬다"
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"sense": "act on an opportunity promptly",
"word": "otútá ebendé ntángo ezalí na mɔ̌tɔ"
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"sense": "act on an opportunity promptly",
"word": "kalti geležį, kol ji karšta"
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"roman": "železoto se kove dodeka e žeško",
"sense": "act on an opportunity promptly",
"word": "железото се кове додека е жешко"
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"sense": "act on an opportunity promptly",
"word": "il-ftira sħuna tajba"
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"word": "smi mens jernet er varmt"
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"sense": "act on an opportunity promptly",
"word": "kuj żelazo póki gorące"
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"sense": "act on an opportunity promptly",
"word": "kuć żelazo, póki gorące"
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"sense": "act on an opportunity promptly",
"word": "malhar enquanto o ferro está quente"
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"sense": "act on an opportunity promptly",
"word": "bate fierul cât e cald"
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"roman": "kuj želézo, poká gorjačó",
"sense": "act on an opportunity promptly",
"word": "куй желе́зо, пока́ горячо́"
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"word": "željezo se kuje dok je vruće"
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"word": "al hierro caliente batir de repente"
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"sense": "act on an opportunity promptly",
"word": "ตีเหล็กเมื่อแดง กินแกงเมื่อร้อน"
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"word": "ploumer l’ ålouwete cwand on l’ tént"
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"word": "make hay while the sun shines"
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"form": "strikes while the iron is hot",
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},
{
"word": "time and tide wait for no man"
}
],
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"en:Blacksmithing",
"en:Metallurgy"
],
"glosses": [
"To strike a hot piece of metal, especially iron, with a mallet or other tool before it cools, while it is still hot enough to be shaped."
],
"links": [
[
"metallurgy",
"metallurgy"
],
[
"blacksmithing",
"blacksmithing"
],
[
"strike",
"strike"
],
[
"metal",
"metal"
],
[
"iron",
"iron"
],
[
"mallet",
"mallet"
],
[
"tool",
"tool"
],
[
"cools",
"cools"
],
[
"shaped",
"shaped"
]
],
"qualifier": "blacksmithing",
"raw_glosses": [
"(metallurgy, blacksmithing, literally) To strike a hot piece of metal, especially iron, with a mallet or other tool before it cools, while it is still hot enough to be shaped."
],
"tags": [
"literally"
],
"topics": [
"engineering",
"metallurgy",
"natural-sciences",
"physical-sciences"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English idioms",
"English terms with quotations",
"English terms with usage examples"
],
"examples": [
{
"text": "We should strike while the iron is hot and order some immediately, before they change the offer.",
"type": "example"
},
{
"ref": "c. 1620s, Elizabeth Cary [misattributed to Henry Cary], The History Of the most unfortunate Prince King Edward II. […] , London: A.G. and F. P., published 1680, page 41:",
"text": "The Gap thus stopp'd, with her Army she marcheth to the Cage that kept those Birds, whose Wings she would be clipping. She knew if she struck not while the Iron was hot, the heat of a popular Faction would quickly sink and lessen.",
"type": "quote"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To act on an opportunity promptly while favorable conditions exist; to avoid waiting."
],
"links": [
[
"act",
"act"
],
[
"opportunity",
"opportunity"
],
[
"promptly",
"promptly"
],
[
"favorable",
"favorable"
],
[
"conditions",
"conditions"
],
[
"avoid",
"avoid"
],
[
"waiting",
"waiting"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(idiomatic) To act on an opportunity promptly while favorable conditions exist; to avoid waiting."
],
"tags": [
"idiomatic"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"audio": "En-au-strike while the iron is hot.ogg",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/7/7e/En-au-strike_while_the_iron_is_hot.ogg/En-au-strike_while_the_iron_is_hot.ogg.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/7e/En-au-strike_while_the_iron_is_hot.ogg"
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "make hay while the sun shines"
},
{
"word": "take time by the forelock"
}
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "az",
"lang": "Azerbaijani",
"sense": "act on an opportunity promptly",
"word": "dəmiri qızğınkən döyərlər"
},
{
"code": "az",
"lang": "Azerbaijani",
"sense": "act on an opportunity promptly",
"word": "dəmir isti-isti döyülər"
},
{
"code": "yue",
"lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
"sense": "act on an opportunity promptly",
"word": "趁熱打鐵"
},
{
"code": "yue",
"lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
"roman": "can³ jit⁶ daa² tit³",
"sense": "act on an opportunity promptly",
"word": "趁热打铁"
},
{
"code": "yue",
"lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
"sense": "act on an opportunity promptly",
"word": "打鐵趁熱"
},
{
"code": "yue",
"lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
"roman": "daa² tit³ can³ jit⁶",
"sense": "act on an opportunity promptly",
"word": "打铁趁热"
},
{
"code": "nan-hbl",
"lang": "Chinese",
"sense": "act on an opportunity promptly",
"tags": [
"Hokkien"
],
"word": "魚趁生，人趁茈"
},
{
"code": "nan-hbl",
"lang": "Chinese",
"sense": "act on an opportunity promptly",
"tags": [
"Hokkien"
],
"word": "鱼趁生"
},
{
"code": "nan-hbl",
"lang": "Chinese",
"roman": "hî-thàn-chhiⁿ, lâng-thàn-chíⁿ",
"sense": "act on an opportunity promptly",
"tags": [
"Hokkien"
],
"word": "人趁茈"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "act on an opportunity promptly",
"word": "趁熱打鐵"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "chènrè-dǎtiě",
"sense": "act on an opportunity promptly",
"word": "趁热打铁"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "act on an opportunity promptly",
"word": "打鐵趁熱"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "dǎtiě-chènrè",
"sense": "act on an opportunity promptly",
"word": "打铁趁热"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "act on an opportunity promptly",
"word": "kout železo, dokud je žhavé"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "act on an opportunity promptly",
"word": "kuj železo, dokud je žhavé"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "act on an opportunity promptly",
"word": "smede mens jernet er varmt"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "act on an opportunity promptly",
"word": "het ijzer smeden als het heet is"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "act on an opportunity promptly",
"word": "takoa kun rauta on kuumaa"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "act on an opportunity promptly",
"word": "il faut battre le fer pendant qu’il est chaud"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "dahḳar, sanam rḳina cxelia",
"sense": "act on an opportunity promptly",
"word": "დაჰკარ, სანამ რკინა ცხელია"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "act on an opportunity promptly",
"word": "man muss das Eisen schmieden, solange es heiß ist"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "sti vrási kolláei to sídero",
"sense": "act on an opportunity promptly",
"word": "στη βράση κολλάει το σίδερο"
},
{
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"sense": "act on an opportunity promptly",
"word": "להכות בברזל בעודו חם"
},
{
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "lohā garam ha͠i. mār do hathauṛā.",
"sense": "act on an opportunity promptly",
"word": "लोहा गरम हैं. मार दो हथौड़ा."
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "act on an opportunity promptly",
"word": "addig üsd a vasat, amíg meleg"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "act on an opportunity promptly",
"word": "buail an t-iarann te"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "act on an opportunity promptly",
"word": "battere il ferro finché è caldo"
},
{
"alt": "ぜんはいそげ",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "zen wa isoge",
"sense": "act on an opportunity promptly",
"word": "善は急げ"
},
{
"alt": "ぜんはいそげ",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "zen wa isoge",
"sense": "act on an opportunity promptly",
"word": "膳は急げ"
},
{
"alt": "てつはあついうちにうて",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "tetsu wa atsui uchi ni ute",
"sense": "act on an opportunity promptly",
"word": "鉄は熱いうちに打て"
},
{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "soeppuldo dan'gime ppaeraetda",
"sense": "act on an opportunity promptly",
"word": "쇠뿔도 단김에 빼랬다"
},
{
"code": "ln",
"lang": "Lingala",
"sense": "act on an opportunity promptly",
"word": "otútá ebendé ntángo ezalí na mɔ̌tɔ"
},
{
"code": "lt",
"lang": "Lithuanian",
"sense": "act on an opportunity promptly",
"word": "kalti geležį, kol ji karšta"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "železoto se kove dodeka e žeško",
"sense": "act on an opportunity promptly",
"word": "железото се кове додека е жешко"
},
{
"code": "mt",
"lang": "Maltese",
"sense": "act on an opportunity promptly",
"word": "il-ftira sħuna tajba"
},
{
"code": "no",
"lang": "Norwegian",
"sense": "act on an opportunity promptly",
"word": "smi mens jernet er varmt"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "act on an opportunity promptly",
"word": "kuj żelazo póki gorące"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "act on an opportunity promptly",
"word": "kuć żelazo, póki gorące"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "act on an opportunity promptly",
"word": "malhar enquanto o ferro está quente"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "act on an opportunity promptly",
"word": "bate fierul cât e cald"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "kuj želézo, poká gorjačó",
"sense": "act on an opportunity promptly",
"word": "куй желе́зо, пока́ горячо́"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "act on an opportunity promptly",
"word": "željezo se kuje dok je vruće"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "act on an opportunity promptly",
"word": "al hierro caliente batir de repente"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "act on an opportunity promptly",
"word": "batir el hierro cuando está al rojo"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "act on an opportunity promptly",
"word": "smida medan järnet är varmt"
},
{
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"roman": "dtii-lèk-mʉ̂ʉa-dɛɛng-gin-gɛɛng-mʉ̂ʉa-rɔ́ɔn",
"sense": "act on an opportunity promptly",
"word": "ตีเหล็กเมื่อแดง กินแกงเมื่อร้อน"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "act on an opportunity promptly",
"word": "demir tavında dövülür"
},
{
"code": "wa",
"lang": "Walloon",
"sense": "act on an opportunity promptly",
"word": "bate li fier tant k' il est tchôd"
},
{
"code": "wa",
"lang": "Walloon",
"sense": "act on an opportunity promptly",
"word": "ploumer l’ ålouwete cwand on l’ tént"
}
],
"word": "strike while the iron is hot"
}
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