Antonyms for make hay
| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : hey |
| Phonetic Transcription : heɪ |
Definition of make hay
Origin :- early 13c., "rolled-up piece of parchment or paper" (especially one inscribed with an official record), from Old French rolle "document, parchment scroll, decree" (12c.), from Medieval Latin rotulus "a roll of paper" (source also of Spanish rollo, Italian ruollo), from Latin rotula "small wheel," diminutive of rota "wheel" (see rotary).
- Meaning "a register, list, catalogue" is from late 14c., common from c.1800. Meaning "dough which is rolled before baking" is first recorded mid-15c. Sense of "act of rolling" is from 1743. Meaning "quantity of material rolled up" is from late 14c.; meaning "quantity of paper money" is from 1846; sense of "quantity of (rolled) film" is from 1890. Meaning "act of sexual intercourse" is attested from 1942 (roll in the hay), from roll (v.). Dutch rol, German Rolle, Danish rulle, etc. are from French.
- As in accomplish : verb succeed in doing
- Then I wish I could make hay of them, for hay is much wanting for the horses that's in it.
- Extract from : « Tales And Novels, Volume 8 (of 10) » by Maria Edgeworth
- Strike while the iron's hot;' 'Make hay while the sun shines;' etc.
- Extract from : « Doctor Jones' Picnic » by S. E. Chapman
- I've only got a few more days, and I must make hay while the sun shines.
- Extract from : « Ship's Company, The Entire Collection » by W.W. Jacobs
- I am only a poor peasant girl, accustomed to milk and make hay and spin.'
- Extract from : « The Lilac Fairy Book » by Andrew Lang
- Each has a cabin in which the rancher lives while they irrigate and make hay.
- Extract from : « Letters on an Elk Hunt » by Elinore Pruitt Stewart
- Business is business, Senator, and I must make hay while the sun shines.
- Extract from : « The Cleverdale Mystery or, The Machine and its Wheels » by W. A. Wilkins
- Men must "make hay while the sun shines," not lie in the shade.
- Extract from : « The Principles of Economics » by Frank A. Fetter
- When I want it I'll come for it—and between us we'll make hay with the whole lot.
- Extract from : « The Romantic Lady » by Michael Arlen
- In the month of August, 1871, I went near the mouth of Sun river to make hay.
- Extract from : « Then and Now » by Robert Vaughn
- So they behoved to make hay while the sun shone, and they knew it.
- Extract from : « At War with Society or, Tales of the Outcasts » by James McLevy
Synonyms for make hay
- achieve
- arrive
- attain
- bring about
- bring off
- carry out
- conclude
- consummate
- do
- do a bang-up job
- do justice
- do one proud
- do the trick
- effect
- finish
- fulfill
- gain
- get someplace
- get there
- hit
- make hay
- make it
- manage
- nail it
- perform
- produce
- pull off
- put it over
- rack up
- reach
- realize
- score
- sew up
- take care of
- win
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