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
ĽUbica-Slovak
Susanasoo-SAH-nah (Spanish)Spanish, Portuguese
Pejo-Croatian, Serbian
Hayrİ-Turkish
Khanpasha-Chechen
Aleksandrah-lyek-SAHNDR (Russian), ah-leek-SAHNDR (Russian)Russian, Armenian, Ukrainian