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Have you ever been told to "make hay while the sun shines"? What does that even mean? You might not even be a farmer! Why would you want to make hay? And what does sunshine have to do with it?

“Make hay while the sun shines" is an old saying that's considered a . A is an old, usually short saying that communicates good or something true.

If you make hay while the sun shines, it means that you take of the chance to do something while conditions are good. In other words, you make good use of your time or make the most of an while you have the chance.

The saying has been around for hundreds of years. It first appeared in 1546 in John Heywood's A dialogue conteinyng the nomber in effect of all the prouerbes in the Englishe tongue. Experts believe the phrase came from English farmers.

Hundreds of years ago, it would take many days for farmers to cut, dry and gather hay. Today, it's much easier to make hay because of our modern and weather forecasting.

Since hay can be ruined easily if it gets too wet, farmers had to take of hot, dry, sunny weather to cut and gather hay. Thus, “make hay while the sun shines" was just a matter of common sense to them.

They eventually began to use the phrase generally to mean to take of before the chance slips away.

This , like so many others, offers good . Opportunities may only come along every so often.

It's good to take stock of a and realize when an presents itself. If you can act on it before it slips away, you'll have made hay while the sun shone!

A similar idea can be communicated by the Latin phrase carpe diem, which is usually translated as “ the day." Those who use this phrase stress that the future is uncertain.

Since one never knows what the future may hold, take of those opportunities that present themselves today. Make every second count!

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Ready to seize the moment? What opportunities are available to you today? Spend some time today thinking about how you can best make use of your time.

Even better, do some planning for the future. Can you come up with five ideas of things you could do to take advantage of these “opportunities"?

If you came up with some really good ideas for how best to use your time in these situations, email or send them to us. We'd love to share them with others!

\=If you make hay while the sun shines, it means that you take advantage of the chance to do something while conditions are good. In other words, you make good use of your time or make the most of an opportunity while you have the chance / to take full advantage of an opportunity

– We have got 15 days off school during the Tet holidays, so I think we should make hay while the sun shines and go to the beach.

Chúng ta sẽ được hưởng 15 ngày nghỉ học trong suốt dịp Tết, vì vậy tôi nghĩ chúng ta nên tận dụng cơ hội này và đi biển

– I am making the hay while the sun shines when I meet up with the CEO and tell him about my ideas for the company’s development.

Tôi sẽ nắm bắt cơ hội khi gặp gỡ với CEO và nói với anh ấy về những ý tưởng của mình cho sự phát triển của công ty.