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
Rosaliaro-zah-LEE-ah (Italian)Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Late Roman
Elinor['elinə]
DÀIbhidh-Scottish
Glyn-Welsh
Morrow['mɔ:rəu]
Baudelio-Spanish