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Definition of Take time by the forelock
1. Verb. Act quickly and decisively; not let slip an opportunity.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Take Time By The Forelock
Literary usage of Take time by the forelock
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable: Giving the Derivation, Source, Or Origin of by Ebenezer Cobham Brewer (1898)
"... the iron is red- hot or it cannot be moulded into shape. Similar proverbs
are " Make hay while the sun shines." " take time by the forelock." String. ..."
2. Latter struggles in the journey of life; or, The afternoon of my days by George Miller (1833)
"Again take TIME by the forelock. —Wholesale sale to the Trade—Cheap sale by
catalogue, to the public.— Early commencement of our winter auction campaign. ..."
3. Lyra Urbanica: Or, The Social Effusions of the Celebrated Captain Charles by Charles Morris (1840)
"take time by the forelock. Old Proverb. THE cruel regret that Time brings in his
train To the gay sprightly spirit, where Mirth loves to reign, ..."
4. The Geometry of the Circle and Mathematics as Applied to Geometry by by James Smith (1869)
"... your " circle- squarer in ordinary" (Mr. James Smith) "must take time by the
forelock? and before he gets his next three-pennyworth, fulfil a promise ..."
5. Much Ado about Nothing by William Shakespeare (2001)
"DEIGHTON : That is, to take time by the forelock ; in reference to the old
presentment of Time as having a lock of hair in front and being bald behind. ..."
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