get out while the getting's good

動詞

口語 慣用表現

(colloquial) To leave at an opportune time or before adverse conditions arise.

日本語の意味

好機を捉え、事態が悪化する前にその場を離れる / 状況がまだ良好なうちに立ち去る / 危機が迫る前に即座に場所を去る

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When the manager hinted the project was being cut, she decided to get out while the getting's good.

マネージャーがそのプロジェクトが中止されるとほのめかしたとき、彼女は好機のうちに辞めることにした。

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意味（1）

(colloquial) To leave at an opportune time or before adverse conditions arise.

Take your choice; get out while the getting's good, or we'll boom Glad-hand by starting a Boot Hill right here." A Boot Hill! Grinch reflected.

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意味（2）

(idiomatic, colloquial) To sell all or part of one's holdings in stocks, real estate, a business, etc. while conditions are good, particularly in anticipation of a drop in prices.

It costs pretty near as much to sell a used truck as a new one and there is usually ... close down business right away and get out while the getting's good.

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get out while the going's good （ canonical ）

gets out while the getting's good （ present singular third-person ）

getting out while the getting's good （ participle present ）

got out while the getting's good （ past ）

got out while the getting's good （ UK participle past ）

gotten out while the getting's good （ US participle past ）