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
Temitope-Western African, Yoruba
JothamJO-thəm (English)Biblical
Elke (2)-Hebrew
Ranjit-Indian, Hindi, Marathi, Bengali
Helmold-Ancient Germanic
Mercy['mə:si]