Meaning of make hay | Babel Free

Definitions

1. To cut grass to turn into hay for animal feed.
   literally
2. To take advantage of an opportunity.
   figuratively

Equivalents

Examples

“I suggested that this was a mistake⟳, particularly at a time of national crisis on the railways, because it opened the way for critics of the railway to make⟳ hay - which Institute of Economic Affairs Director Richard Wellings duly did in an anti-rail article in the Daily Telegraph.”

“The White House also sought to make⟳ political hay of the release⟳ of photos of Bill Clinton.”

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