| 单词 | to quit while one is ahead |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto quit while one is ahead b. Originally Gambling. to quit while one is ahead and variants: to stop doing something while one is still successful. ΚΠ 1879 A. Pinkerton Mississippi Outlaws 235 If you will take my advice, you will stop while you are ahead. You know, from your own experience as a banker, that the ‘bank’ always wins in the end. 1891 Illustr. London News 14 Nov. 624/2 There, I've won six louis, and I'm going to quit while I'm ahead. 1894 Atchison (Kansas) Daily Globe 15 Dec. 2/6 The Midland college foot ball club decided to quit while it was ahead, and has disbanded. 1948 Billboard 13 Mar. 31/4 The smartest thing Kent did was to get off while he was ahead... He didn't wear out his welcome. 1977 N.Y. Mag. 9 May 81/1 There was a moment..when we discussed the possibility of quitting while we were ahead. 1985 Times 25 May Saturday section 18/4 Leave..just before anyone else wants you to. Get out while you're ahead, and then keep coming back at them from different directions. 2004 C. Graham Ghost in Machine (2005) 29 Quit while you're ahead, boyo. While you can still sound sincere. < as lemmas |
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