词汇 | while-the-going-is-good |
释义 | while the going is goodidiom while an opportunity lasts: 趁还有机会时;趁情况还有利时;趁形势还未发生变化时 Many people fear that the newly elected government will be ousted in a military coup and are leaving their country while the going is good.很多人担心新当选的政府会被军事政变推翻,所以趁形势尚稳定纷纷离开自己的国家。 Opportunity another/a second bite at/of the cherryidiom be in with a shoutidiom best betidiom big break fish foot given half a/the chanceidiom going have a few, several, etc. irons in the fireidiom have a field dayidiom hay inch iron pass someone by platform room for manoeuvreidiom scope second chance the American dream the run of somethingidiom Examples of while the going is goodwhile the going is good They will not enjoy it for long; we might as well let them have the best of it whilethegoingisgood. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Therefore, whilethegoingisgood we should accept the deal that has been offered. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 British fishermen believe that they had better get out whilethegoingisgood. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Therefore, they feel they had better try whilethegoingisgood. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They have decided to have the export drive whilethegoingisgood. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I know full well that there are those who rather cynically declare that we are getting out whilethegoingisgood. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Can anyone blame these people at that stage for wanting to get out whilethegoingisgood? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 If he means that he is to make it more difficult for these doctors to emigrate, they will go now whilethegoingisgood. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They have to get the money whilethegoingisgood. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Is the message to them to get out whilethegoingisgood and go into equities? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 There are some who argue, with considerable intellectual subtlety, for allowing sterling to appreciate whilethegoingisgood. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 For goodness' sake get as many stores safely tucked away as possible whilethegoingisgood. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Be in time whilethegoingisgood. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It is that which goes wrong when one creates this atmosphere of everybody dashing in and grabbing a bit for himself whilethegoingisgood. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They do very nicely out of these speculative gains and get out whilethegoingisgood, leaving it to the policyholder to carry the can. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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