The agricultural mandate " Make hay while the sun shines, " a farmer's carpe diem, was an English proverb by the 16th century; and nobody mistook it for making straw.
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Long-shot Oscar nominees often try to make hay while the sun shines, lining up as many projects as possible between the announcement of their nominations and probable disappointment on Oscar night.
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"We have to make hay while the sun shines, " said Sen . Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, backing the president's call for sweeping overhaul of the programs despite reports extending the dates they'll run out of cash.
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Last but not least, cautioning the city's taxi-drivers and hired-car companies against making hay while the sun shines by fleecing visitors, constitutes another important task to round-up the myriad jobs awaiting us to make a great impression.
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While the Astros'end run to Enron assures them of some profitability for the coming season, they are no sure thing to make hay while the sun shines on them and become four-peat champions as trendy downtown dwellers.
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In America you should talk like an American, which means expressing your ideas with the help of baseball metaphors and such tried-and-true platitudes as " make hay while the sun shines " or " look before you leap ."
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In September 2007, he confirmed that he would contest North Antrim at the 2010 general election as well as serving the full four years as First Minister, stating " I might as well make hay while the sun shines ."
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"They've been making hay while the sun shines; the total ( package ) is rich, " said Charles King, an associate with William M . Mercer Inc . in San Francisco, a company that does California wage and benefit benchmark studies.
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Crosby recorded some of the songs for Brunswick Records and " Temptation ", " We'll Make Hay While the Sun Shines " and " Beautiful Girl " reached the charts of the day peaking at Nos . 3, 8 and 11 respectively.
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The phrase " make hay while the sun shines " seems to apply here; if there's easy prey about today, kill what you can so you don't have to try tackling a rabid moose the next time you get hungry . talk ) 20 : 19, 5 December 2008 ( UTC)
