Usually means: Seize opportunities during favorable conditions.
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  1. make hay while the sun shines: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. make hay while the sun shines: Collins English Dictionary
  3. Make hay while the sun shines: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  4. make hay while the sun shines: Wiktionary
  5. Make hay while the sun shines: Dictionary.com
  6. make hay while the sun shines: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. make hay while the sun shines: Encyclopedia

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  1. make hay while the sun shines: Medical dictionary

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  1. Make hay while the sun shines: Idioms

Definitions from Wiktionary (make hay while the sun shines)

verb:  (idiomatic) To act while an opportunity exists; to take action while a situation is favorable.
verb:  (literal, agriculture) To make hay during favourable (dry) weather.

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