quit while one's ahead



quit while one's ahead

Don't try to improve on something that is already accomplished, as in Those drapes we hung are even enough-let's quit while we're ahead. This idiom also implies that further action runs the risk of spoiling something. Also see leave well enough alone.
See also: ahead, quit

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Climacus-Late Roman
HineHEE-neMaori
Polyxene-Greek Mythology
Natisha-African American (Rare)
Khasan-Chechen, Ossetian, Circassian, Ingush, Tatar, Bashkir
Hyacinth (1)HIE-ə-sinth (English)Greek Mythology (Anglicized)