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
MerielMER-ee-əlEnglish (Archaic)
Edu-Portuguese
MeinoMIE-no (German, Dutch)German, Dutch, Ancient Germanic
Nawra-Arabic
Hiram['haiərəm]
Narinah-reeKorean