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Difference between Make hay of something and Make hay while the sun shines

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.