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词组 get out while the getting is good
释义
Idiom
get out while the getting is good
Theme: DEPART
to leave a place while it is still possible to do so; to withdraw from a place, position, or some organization at an opportune time.
The party was getting noisy enough that one of the neighbors was bound to call the police, so we left. We always get out while the getting is good.Everyone at my office was being required to do more and more work. I decided to get out while the getting was good. I quit.

get out while the getting is good

To depart, escape, or extricate oneself from some place or situation before conditions worsen or it becomes impossible, too problematic, or too dangerous to do so. With stock prices in the company threatening to plummet, we decided to get out while the getting is good. We heard that they'll be sealing the border soon, so we're getting out while the getting's good.

get out while the getting is good

Leave while one can or has the chance to, as in He just had a good offer from a rival firm and decided to get out while the getting is good . This colloquial phrase uses get out in the sense of "escape" or "depart."

get out while the gettin’s good

verb
See get out while the getting’s good

get (out) while the gettin(g)’s good

and get (out) while the goin’s good
in. to leave while it is still safe or possible to do so. I can tell that it’s time for me to get while the gettin’s good. I think we should go. Let’s get while the going’s good.
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