while the going is good
idiom
chiefly British
: while there is a good opportunity
Let's get what we can while the going is good.
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To Putin, the reticence signaled: Go while the going is good.
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Josef Joffe, Time, 1 Dec. 2022
Josef Joffe, Time, 1 Dec. 2022
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