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
KristÓFKREESH-tofHungarian
EmmaEM-ə (English), EM-mah (Finnish), E-mah (German)English, French, Italian, Spanish, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Icelandic, Finnish, Dutch, German, An
Mindaugas-Lithuanian
Godivagə-DIE-və (English)Anglo-Saxon (Latinized)
Dionysios-Greek, Ancient Greek
KeelinKEE-linIrish