get out while the getting's good

Tanımlar (İngilizce)

1. fiil To leave at an opportune time or before adverse conditions arise.

   “Take your choice; get out while the getting's good, or we'll boom Glad-hand by starting a Boot Hill right here." A Boot Hill! Grinch reflected.”

2. fiil To sell all or part of one's holdings in stocks, real estate, a business, etc. while conditions are good, particularly in anticipation of a drop in prices.

   “It costs pretty near as much to sell a used truck as a new one and there is usually ... close down business right away and get out while the getting's good.”