strike the iron while it's hot
English
Verb
strike the iron while it's hot (third-person singular simple present strikes the iron while it's hot, present participle striking the iron while it's hot, simple past and past participle struck the iron while it's hot)
- Alternative form of strike while the iron is hot
- Joseph Edwards Carpenter, Strike The Iron While It's Hot (1858, The Book of Modern Songs, page 37)
- With the thought, the deed begin it,
Act at once, — upon the spot;
What you'd gain, the way to win it,
Strike the iron while it's hot!
- With the thought, the deed begin it,
- Joseph Edwards Carpenter, Strike The Iron While It's Hot (1858, The Book of Modern Songs, page 37)
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