make hay of something—
1. turn smth. to advantage:
- As long as politicians can make hay of the supposed “harm” caused to our citizens … they will be an annoyingly persistent part of the political landscape.
2. scatter things around in disorder:
- I recalled with poignant regret that Jack Winston and I had once made hay of his room; but evidently he bore no malice.
3. render smth. ineffectual:
- The fact remains that “La Belle Helene” has not survived Verdi’s “Requiem,” and this surely makes hay of the argument.
make hay while the sun shines —(saying ) make the earliest possible use of favorable circumstances:
- The old adage, “make hay while the sun shines,” has never been more apt than it is now in most sectors of commercial construction.