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
Octaviook-TAH-vyoSpanish
Shafaqat-Arabic
IsbelIZ-belEnglish (Rare)
WilloughbyWIL-ə-beeEnglish (Rare)
Keala-Hawaiian
Tinatin-Georgian, Literature