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to make hay of smth.

извлекать пользу из какой-л. ситуации

Examples from texts

'One must make hay while the sun shines, Isis,' he said as he paid the bar lady.
– Куй железо, пока горячо, Исида, – приговаривал он, расплачиваясь с буфетчицей.
Banks, Iain / WhitБэнкс, Иэн / Умм, или Исида среди Неспасенных
Умм, или Исида среди Неспасенных
Бэнкс, Иэн
© 1995 by Iain Banks
© Е. Петрова, перевод, 2006
© ООО "ИД "Домино", 2007
Whit
Banks, Iain
© 1995 Iain Banks
With your permission I will now descend with this truss of hay to make a couch for these poor fellows below."
С вашего разрешения я только захвачу охапку соломы на подстилку этим беднягам.
Conan Doyle, Arthur / The Adventures of Brigadier GerardКонан Дойль, Артур / Приключения бригадира Жерара
Приключения бригадира Жерара
Конан Дойль, Артур
© Издательство "Правда", 1966
The Adventures of Brigadier Gerard
Conan Doyle, Arthur
© 2008 by Fireship Press

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make hay of smth
извлекать пользу из какой-л. ситуации
Make hay while the sun shines
Куй железо, пока горячо