<entry id="2291642" stat="A" corpus="jmdict" type="jmdict">
<ent_corp type="jmdict">jmdict</ent_corp>
<ent_seq>2397940</ent_seq>
<k_ele>
<keb>思い立ったが吉日</keb>
</k_ele>
<r_ele>
<reb>おもいたったがきちじつ</reb>
</r_ele>
<r_ele>
<reb>おもいたったがきちにち</reb>
</r_ele>
<sense>
<pos>&exp;</pos>
<misc>&proverb;</misc>
<gloss>the best time for doing something is as soon as you've thought of it</gloss>
<gloss>there's no time like the present</gloss>
<gloss g_type="lit">it's an auspicious day (for doing it) when you've just had the idea</gloss>
</sense>
<info>
<audit time="2008-07-23 00:00:00" stat="A">
<upd_detl>Entry created</upd_detl>
</audit>
<audit time="2012-06-26 12:58:03" stat="A" unap="true">
<upd_name>Marcus</upd_name>
<upd_diff>@@ -16,1 +16,1 @@
-&lt;gloss&gt;no time like the present (lit: it's the auspicious day when you've just thought of it)&lt;/gloss&gt;
+&lt;gloss&gt;no time like the present&lt;/gloss&gt;
@@ -18,0 +18,1 @@
+&lt;gloss g_type="lit"&gt;it's the auspicious day when you've just thought of it&lt;/gloss&gt;</upd_diff>
</audit>
<audit time="2012-06-30 03:13:24" stat="A">
<upd_uid>jwb</upd_uid>
<upd_name>Jim Breen</upd_name>
<upd_email>...address hidden...</upd_email>
</audit>
<audit time="2018-01-04 02:05:20" stat="A">
<upd_uid>Marcus</upd_uid>
<upd_name>Marcus Richert</upd_name>
<upd_email>...address hidden...</upd_email>
<upd_diff>@@ -15 +15 @@
-&lt;misc&gt;&amp;id;&lt;/misc&gt;
+&lt;misc&gt;&amp;proverb;&lt;/misc&gt;</upd_diff>
</audit>
<audit time="2019-03-05 18:38:27" stat="A" unap="true">
<upd_uid>Marcus</upd_uid>
<upd_name>Marcus Richert</upd_name>
<upd_email>...address hidden...</upd_email>
<upd_detl>Better lit?</upd_detl>
<upd_diff>@@ -18 +18 @@
-&lt;gloss g_type="lit"&gt;it's the auspicious day when you've just thought of it&lt;/gloss&gt;
+&lt;gloss g_type="lit"&gt;it's an auspicious day (for doing it) when you've just had the idea&lt;/gloss&gt;</upd_diff>
</audit>
<audit time="2019-03-13 10:44:34" stat="A">
<upd_uid>jwb</upd_uid>
<upd_name>Jim Breen</upd_name>
<upd_email>...address hidden...</upd_email>
</audit>
<audit time="2024-02-11 11:25:39" stat="A" unap="true">
<upd_uid>Marcus</upd_uid>
<upd_name>Marcus Richert</upd_name>
<upd_email>...address hidden...</upd_email>
<upd_detl>I think this conveys the meaning better? "make hay" doesn't really fit, I don't think.

(Could maybe skip the lit)</upd_detl>
<upd_diff>@@ -16,2 +16,2 @@
-&lt;gloss&gt;no time like the present&lt;/gloss&gt;
-&lt;gloss&gt;make hay while the sun shines&lt;/gloss&gt;
+&lt;gloss&gt;the best time for doing something is as soon as you've thought of it&lt;/gloss&gt;
+&lt;gloss&gt;there's no time like the present&lt;/gloss&gt;</upd_diff>
</audit>
<audit time="2024-02-11 20:46:38" stat="A">
<upd_uid>jwb</upd_uid>
<upd_name>Jim Breen</upd_name>
<upd_email>...address hidden...</upd_email>
</audit>
</info>
</entry>