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
Isoldai-ZOL-də (English), i-SOL-də (English)Arthurian Romance
Grishma-Indian, Marathi
ÁDhamh-Irish
LesleighLEZ-lee, LES-leeEnglish (Rare)
Malandra-English (Rare)
Macarius-Late Greek (Latinized)