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strike while the iron is hot

idiom

To act on an opportunity promptly while favorable conditions exist; to avoid waiting.


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  1. 01

    bad iron

    bad luck.

  2. 02

    baking hot

    Very hot.

  3. 03

    blow hot air

    To engage in empty or exaggerated talk that lacks substance, credibility, or truth; to bluster.

  4. 04

    blow hot and cold

    To behave inconsistently; to vacillate or to waver, as between extremes of opinion or emotion.

  5. 05

    boiling hot

    Extremely hot (having a high temperature: of an object, the weather, a living creature).

  6. 06

    come in hot

    To enter the scene of conflict quickly and aggressively.

  7. 07

    full of hot air

    Talking a lot, especially without saying anything of value or meaning.

  8. 08

    hissing hot

    Very hot.

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